From owner-freebsd-ports@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Feb 15 15:08:30 2006 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-ports@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-ports@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 476A116A425 for ; Wed, 15 Feb 2006 15:08:30 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from reichert@numachi.com) Received: from meisai.numachi.com (meisai.numachi.com [198.175.254.6]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 5C31543D68 for ; Wed, 15 Feb 2006 15:08:24 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from reichert@numachi.com) Received: (qmail 98268 invoked from network); 15 Feb 2006 15:08:23 -0000 Received: from natto.numachi.com (198.175.254.216) by meisai.numachi.com with SMTP; 15 Feb 2006 15:08:23 -0000 Received: (qmail 61834 invoked by uid 1001); 15 Feb 2006 15:08:23 -0000 Date: Wed, 15 Feb 2006 10:08:23 -0500 From: Brian Reichert To: Gary Jennejohn Message-ID: <20060215150823.GC58140@numachi.com> References: <20060215083141.GP80050@over-yonder.net> <200602151145.k1FBjGA2041338@peedub.jennejohn.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <200602151145.k1FBjGA2041338@peedub.jennejohn.org> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.10i Cc: Craig Boston , Andy Fawcett , freebsd-ports@freebsd.org, "Matthew D. Fuller" Subject: Re: Does a port contain 'kdict'? X-BeenThere: freebsd-ports@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Porting software to FreeBSD List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 15 Feb 2006 15:08:30 -0000 On Wed, Feb 15, 2006 at 12:45:16PM +0100, Gary Jennejohn wrote: > > "Matthew D. Fuller" writes: > > On Tue, Feb 14, 2006 at 09:29:50PM -0600 I heard the voice of > > Craig Boston, and lo! it spake thus: > > > > > > find /usr/ports -name 'pkg-plist' -exec grep -H kdict \{\} \; > > > > > > Now I'm sure someone will post a much more efficient method > > > using xargs or some such :) > > > > find /usr/ports -depth 3 -name 'pkg-plist' -print | \ > > xargs grep -H kdict > > > > 8-] > > > > portsearch -f bin/kdict > > /usr/ports/sysutils/portsearch All very useful responses. This latter seems appealing, as I trying to empower a very new UNIX user to the FreeBSD ports system. Is there a website that also exposes this info? To wit, I could plug 'kdict' into a search box, and have aport name be presented? > > --- > Gary Jennejohn / garyjATjennejohnDOTorg gjATfreebsdDOTorg garyjATdenxDOTde > -- Brian Reichert 55 Crystal Ave. #286 Daytime number: (603) 434-6842 Derry NH 03038-1725 USA BSD admin/developer at large