On Tuesday 18 May 2004 10:20, Thomas Adam wrote: > --- Adam Funk <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> (Sorry about the long lines but they illustrate the output I'm >> talking about.) >> >> ``dpkg -l'' on its own in a terminal produces wide output, e.g.: > > COLUMNS=200 dpkg -l | pipe | pipe | pipe | more | more | yay > > Change the value of 200, if it is too small.
Excellent. I had tried these: (COLUMNS=200 ; dpkg -l) |head (COLUMNS=200 && dpkg -l) |head but got the narrow output. Why do these two fail? -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
