Shaul Karl([EMAIL PROTECTED]) is reported to have said: > On Fri, Aug 20, 2004 at 01:13:58PM -0400, Wayne Topa wrote: > > Scott Mohnkern([EMAIL PROTECTED]) is reported to have said: > > > hmmm. I've never tried "apt-get search" before.... > > > > > > and it didn't work.. > > > > He meant apt-cache search. > > > > I was goint to tell you that you could use apropos search, to find what > > man page name uses search, but it doesn't come up with apt-cache for > > some reason. Humm.... > > > > > Why should it come with apropos search? To the best of my knowledge, > apropos looks for Unix commands, that is the first token on a Unix > command line. With apt-cache, search is a command for apt-cache but not > for Unix.
As apropos searches through 'man pages' not commands, I thought it should find the apt-cache man page. As John correctly pointed out, "Apropos searches only the names and short descriptions" which is, of course, why it didn't find anything about the apt-cache search option. Is was my feeble attempt to teach the OP how to fish and instead it taught me something, and hopefully the OP as well. WT -- Don't hit the keys so hard, it hurts. _______________________________________________________ -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
