Bill Jonas said:
> On Wed, Jun 02, 2004 at 11:11:00AM -0700, Derek Neighbors wrote:
>> "apt-cache search editor|grep emacs" and find a suitable version. :)
>
> Or even "apt-cache search [--names-only] emacs". :)

True.  I'm a simpleton.  I like to chain specific programs together rather
than learn the complexities of each.  I have also found if you are good at
key words that you can narrow searches much faster generally using the
compound grep approach.

For example on my system your suggested search returns 46 packages and the
combo of search and grep returns 26.  It is all purely a matter of
opinion.  What works for one person may not for another.  It is good to
have choices. :)

However combining the two
apt-cache search --names-only editor|grep emacs yields only 2 results.  So
there is power in combining styles as well.

-Derek


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