also, apt-cache will give you information on packages (all the available
ones, not just the ones you have installed). For example,
apt-cache search plot
will return all the packages whose descriptions contain the word plot.
Then you can look up info on one of the results with the show option
for more detailed information.
apt-cache show starplot
scott
Derek Glidden wrote:
>On Fri, 2001-12-28 at 13:19, Mario Lombardo wrote:
>
>>I'm using Debian. Somtimes I use the "whatis" command to find out
>>what I program does. I understand it derives its information from
>>the top line description of the man page of the particular command.
>>
>
>
>>How can I, script or otherwise, dump all of this information into a
>>text catalog-like file so I can print it?
>>
>
>If you're running Debian, "dpkg -l" will list all installed packages and
>what they do. It's a little higher-level than per-command, as a single
>package may contain many commands.
>
>You could also do "man -k" to search for keywords.
>
>"man man" may show you a way to dump everything. :)
>
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