Date: Thu, 24 Mar 2005 13:17:49 +0000 From: Alex Zbyslaw <xfb52@dial.pipex.com> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: how to find which port has a given executable Message-ID: <4242BDFD.4050209@dial.pipex.com> In-Reply-To: <slrnd43d5j.4ds.apeiron%2Busenet@prophecy.dyndns.org> References: <20050323173313.GA94954@rajarajan.homeunix.net> <200503230936.54842.ringworm01@gmail.com> <4241ACE3.5080304@dial.pipex.com> <slrnd43d5j.4ds.apeiron%2Busenet@prophecy.dyndns.org>
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Christopher Nehren wrote:
>On 2005-03-23, Alex Zbyslaw scribbled these
>curious markings:
>
>
>>% find /usr/ports -type f -name pkg-plist -exec egrep -H epstopdf {} \;
>>
>>
>
>Just a bit of nitpickery: I've found that piping the output to xargs
>rather than using find's exec produces faster results. Plus, you (most
>of the time) don't need to use constructs like {} \;. :)
>
>
I've been typing it like this for 20 years and my fingers can type {} \;
faster than a speeding bullet, or at least a run-away zimmer frame.
Leave us old fogeys in peace. You and your new fangled commands
starting with x that aren't X11 applications. If it wasn't in 4.1BSD it
isn't worth using. Anyway, the manual page for xargs just makes my
brain hurt. :)
Charles Swiger wrote: On Mar 23, 2005, at 1:22 PM,
> pkg_which epstopdf
>
> ...is probably even faster and easier.
% pkg_which epstopdf
epstopdf: not found
Just like pkg_info -W it doesn't seem to work unless the package is
installed
--Alex
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