On Tuesday February 11 2003 07:01 pm, et wrote:
> > >[root@localhost user]# rpm -qa | grep -i Windowmaker
> > >WindowMaker-0.80.1-2.1mdk
> > 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
> 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"
-i, --ignore-case
Ignore case distinctions in both the PATTERN and
the input files.
IOW's,
rpm -qa | grep -i windowmaker will also return
WindowMaker-0.80.1-2.1mdk
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