Just gave this a try on my Debian 3.0 machine. Works in xterm Does not work in rxvt Does not work from cmd
VERY handy for 'dpkg --configure <package name>. Don't have to guess at what the last few letters/numbers might be. Thanks, Lonnie On Mon, 14 Jan 2002 03:23:57 +0100 "J <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: <snip> > Even better (works in zsh, no guarantees for other shells) is > > COLUMNS=$COLUMNS dpkg -l | less > > which makes dpkg -l do the usually needed, use the current width (big > xterm, mainly). > > Yes, setting columns to itself looks weird... guess it's not exported > or something. > > Bye, J > > -- > Jürgen A. Erhard ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) > My WebHome: http://jerhard.org > "We must learn from our mistakes, > so we can make bigger and better ones." -- Bruce M Krawetz >
