On Tue, 2003-02-11 at 20:01, et wrote: > On Tuesday 11 February 2003 07:51 pm, FemmeFatale wrote: > > At 09:14 PM 2/11/2003 +0000, you wrote: > > > > On a side note how can I tell which version of any window manager I'm > > > > using? Whats teh CLI cmd or Gui place to look? > > > > > > > > ------------- > > > > FemmeFatale > > > > > >umm.. like this? > > > > > > > > >[root@localhost user]# rpm -qa | grep -i Windowmaker > > >WindowMaker-0.80.1-2.1mdk > > > > > > > > >HTH > > > > > >Damian > > >-- > > > > That will do. Thx Damian. Not that I'll remember the command cause I > > don't understand grep yet... :) > > So I'll just save your mail as a txt file. > > ------------- > > FemmeFatale > > > > Good Decisions You boss Made: > > "We'll do as you suggest and go with Linux. I've always liked that > > character from Peanuts." > > > > - Source: Dilbert > grep is just a way to use regular words to sort and see only certian info. > in the above command, rpm -qa (asks the rpm program to Query All so -qa) then > "|" is a "pipe to" or route thru, then, grep -i Windowmaker says only answers > that (-i) include "WIndowmaker" so grep strips out all the answers that don't > include "Windowmaker" > Thanks, ET, explaining things is the way to go.
A minor point ... the -i option for grep indicates that the search should ignore case. This is useful if you're not sure if the rpm is named WindowMaker, windowmaker, Windowmaker.... Cheers, Terry Smith > > Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? > Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
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