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wtfuck - replacement for apropos

Posted: Sun Sep 06, 2015 7:53 pm
by machinebacon
And much better.

So you have a certain package and don't know what the executable does? Ask wtfuck:

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#!/bin/sh
STERM=$1
dpkg -l|grep ii|grep $STERM|awk '{system("whereis "$2);$1="";$3=$4=""; print $0}'
It shows you where the package is installed and what the fuck it actually is.

Re: wtfuck - replacement for apropos

Posted: Mon Sep 07, 2015 4:10 am
by rhowaldt
good shit, thanks!

Re: wtfuck - replacement for apropos

Posted: Mon Sep 07, 2015 7:15 am
by GekkoP
Really cool.