No, I did not know about that. Neat trick. Thanks Tony
-----Original Message----- From: celejar [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, January 25, 2007 11:35 AM To: debian-user@lists.debian.org Subject: Re: screen width of dpkg -l|grep package name On 1/25/07, Tony Heal <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: [snip] > Here is my issue. If I use dpkg -l | grep cupsys I get this. Note that the > package name is incomplete. I believe this is caused by the screen width > getting set to 80 columns. > > > > ii cupsys 1.1.23-10sarge Common UNIX Printing System(tm) - server > > ii cupsys-driver- 4.2.7-10 Gimp-Print printer drivers for CUPS > > ii cupsys-driver- 4.2.7-10 Gimp-Print printer drivers for CUPS > > > > what I would like to do is get each line fully completed like it does when I > use a specific package. Note that the package name is complete > > > > > > haddock:/var/lib/dpkg# dpkg -l cupsys-driver-gimpprint > > Desired=Unknown/Install/Remove/Purge/Hold > > | > Status=Not/Installed/Config-files/Unpacked/Failed-config/Half-installed > > |/ Err?=(none)/Hold/Reinst-required/X=both-problems > (Status,Err: uppercase=bad) > > ||/ Name Version > Description > > +++-===============================-===============================-======== ====================================================================== > > ii cupsys-driver-gimpprint 4.2.7-10 > Gimp-Print printer drivers for CUPS > > > > haddock:/var/lib/dpkg# dpkg -l cupsys-driver-gimpprint-data > > Desired=Unknown/Install/Remove/Purge/Hold > > | > Status=Not/Installed/Config-files/Unpacked/Failed-config/Half-installed > > |/ Err?=(none)/Hold/Reinst-required/X=both-problems > (Status,Err: uppercase=bad) > > ||/ Name Version > Description > > +++-===============================-===============================-======== ====================================================================== > > ii cupsys-driver-gimpprint-data 4.2.7-10 > Gimp-Print printer drivers for CUPS Did you try COLUMNS=120 dpkg -l | grep xxxxxxxx ? Celejar -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
