On Tuesday 18 May 2004 14:50, Colin Watson wrote: > Those both set the COLUMNS shell variable but fail to export it to the > dpkg subprocess (you need an explicit 'export' to do that). > 'COLUMNS=200 dpkg -l' is a special syntax that adds the variable to > the environment of the dpkg subprocess without affecting the shell in > which it is executed.
I wasn't aware of that special syntax so it had not occurred to me to try it -- it looked like a "run-on" of two commands that ought to have something between them. Very useful in general -- thanks! -- Adam -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
