On 2020-05-29 at 08:29, Greg Wooledge wrote: > On Fri, May 29, 2020 at 08:20:59AM -0400, The Wanderer wrote: > >>>> $ dpkg -l "*4.9.0*" | grep ii >>> >>> First I had to figure out (google) to find what the leading ii >>> means, >> >> It took me a moment to catch what you meant by this; standard >> terminology would describe that as a "trailing" ii, because it's at >> the end of the line (thus behind, seen last, trailing) rather than >> the beginning (thus ahead, seen first, leading). > > Either you're extremely confused, or you've done something to > distort the output.
...oh. I wasn't thinking of the output, since none was given. I was thinking of the command, quoted above, in which the 'ii' is at the end. With the output brought into context, yes, the use of "leading" here makes a lot more sense. -- The Wanderer The reasonable man adapts himself to the world; the unreasonable one persists in trying to adapt the world to himself. Therefore all progress depends on the unreasonable man. -- George Bernard Shaw
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