On dpkg 1.9.21 (i386) at least. The COLUMNS workaround doesn't work if you redirect the output.
Excerpt: GRF_PDF_3:/etc/init.d# export COLUMNS=200 && cat \ /tmp/dpkg.list | cut -d" " -f 3 | grep perl-5.005 perl-5.005 perl-5.005-bas I also tried setting COLUMN. Same effect. Thanks in advance -- Ignacio Torres Masdeu http://darkheavy.net [EMAIL PROTECTED] Fidonet: 2:341/14.78 Linux user #86906 GnuPG ID: DEB0B088 Fingerprint: 720B 6AEE 41A7 BFE8 1876 3413 7F2E A7DA DEB0 B088 "Unix and C are the ultimate computer viruses." - [EMAIL PROTECTED]
