Hi Bob, On 04/05/13 05:04, Bob Proulx wrote: > Hi Jerome, > > Jerome BENOIT wrote: >> I was looking for a ready to use tool to extract the components: >> I guess I have to write my own stuff to do so. > > How about: > > $ tar --to-stdout -xf emacs23-non-dfsg_23.4+1-1.debian.tar.gz > debian/control | grep ^Section: > Section: non-free/editors > Section: non-free/editors > > Which can be automated to extract just the field from the packages. > > $ tar xf emacs23-non-dfsg_23.4+1-1.debian.tar.gz --to-stdout debian/control > | sed -n '/^Section:/{s/.* //;s@/.*@@p;q}' > non-free
You are faster than me. On the other hand, time delay was in your favour. Let me continue, for the record: For debballs: $ dpkg --info | grep ^Section and so forth. Thanks again, Jerome > > Bob -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/5184f4e5.4010...@rezozer.net