Faster,
search description
cut -d'|' -f4 /usr/ports/INDEX
pipe it if needed
archivers with pkg name starting with an a
cut -d'|' -f2,4 /usr/ports/INDEX | grep archivers/a
same, add the current ports stem and version
cut -d'|' -f1,2,4 /usr/ports/INDEX | grep archivers/a
Rem: which installed ports are newer in the ports tree
/usr/ports/infrastructure/build/out-of-date -q
/usr/ports/infrastructure has other goodies.
Rod Whitworth wrote:
On Sun, 9 Nov 2008 17:14:02 -0800, Marcel Dan wrote:
What are the best commands and scripts to browse the ports collection from
the command line?
Try this:
cd to /usr/ports
make readmes
(wait for a longish time, ignore errors)
lynx .
--- then:
arrow down to README.html
Follow the links from there ....
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