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Date:      Sun, 31 Jan 2010 10:05:57 +0000
From:      Mike Clarke <jmc-freebsd2@milibyte.co.uk>
To:        freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: Pain finding packages
Message-ID:  <201001311005.57799.jmc-freebsd2@milibyte.co.uk>
In-Reply-To: <a9f4a3861001301542w4af76598i2983b6f3aacb275e@mail.gmail.com>
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On Saturday 30 January 2010, Kurt Buff wrote:

> For make, do the following, after csup (or an alternative):
>
> =A0 =A0 =A0cd /usr/ports
> =A0 =A0 =A0make search name=3Dsamba | less
> or
> =A0 =A0 =A0cd /usr/ports
> =A0 =A0 =A0make search key=3Dsamba | less
>
> Then browse that list to see what most particularly applies to your
> needs.

Or, for more compact output, try this script:

	#!/bin/sh
	cd /usr/ports
	make search name=3D$1 | egrep "^(Port|Path|Info|Moved)" | less

=2D-=20
Mike Clarke



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