On Sat, Dec 25, 2010 at 3:26 PM, Narendra Sisodiya <
[email protected]> wrote:
> add this to your ~/.bashrc file
>
> apt-get-search() {
> aptitude search $1 | sed -e 's/^i.*//g' | sed '/^$/d'
> }
>
> close and open the terminal again [or just source ~/.bashrc]
>
> After that you will be able to search like
>
>
> apt-get-search games
> apt-get-search hindi
> apt-get-search graphics
>
> this trick has been added to schoolOS bashrc bydefault..
>
OR Better in this way - because aptitude search only in package name...
apt-get-search() {
dpkg --get-selections | sed -ne 's/\t\t*install$//p' > /tmp/ListInstalled
apt-cache search $1 | cut -d" " -f1 | sort > /tmp/ListMatched
cat /tmp/ListInstalled /tmp/ListMatched | sort | uniq -d >
/tmp/ListInstalledFromSearch
diff /tmp/ListInstalledFromSearch /tmp/ListMatched | grep ">" | cut -d" "
-f2 > /tmp/ListAvailable
for i in $(cat /tmp/ListAvailable); do aptitude search $i; done
}
If you know any better method to do then let us know..
Thanks
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