>It gives you a good start to understand >why the command line is so powerful. >Remember, this little script is just a very small example >which can be expanded upon to nearly zero limits.
I myself wondering, but you convinced me. It is good to know,that there is a possibilty to write something around apt-cache if needed. So I not need to hurry up getting this database before the etch release. Thanks to you and all for help :-) jfr