On Fri, Nov 08, 2002 at 02:16:35AM +0100, Josip Rodin wrote: > On Thu, Nov 07, 2002 at 10:32:27PM +0100, Ignacio Torres Masdeu wrote: > > 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 > > Uh, what? All you're doing there is exporting the variable and then catting > a file presumably produced beforehand, and obviously produced without that > variable in effect.
I hate to act like a stupid and I just did that. It works as expected when I redirect the output of dpkg and not of a previous archive. Sorry for bothering you. See you later, I'm going to my optician. =/

