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authorDave Woodfall <dave@tty1.uk>2019-02-28 00:15:54 +0000
committerWilly Sudiarto Raharjo <willysr@slackbuilds.org>2019-03-02 07:40:23 +0700
commitefe56af93793d294da3f42e9640feb061cc5da5f (patch)
tree4a4abb9d6f8c4a847f5d3dd2096feea862a3e894 /system
parent39b68d30c98a7345c376e79f41512b459d85bc46 (diff)
system/slack-scripts: Update README
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diff --git a/system/slack-scripts/README b/system/slack-scripts/README
index c26044807e81..e58de0968596 100644
--- a/system/slack-scripts/README
+++ b/system/slack-scripts/README
@@ -3,40 +3,42 @@ slack-scripts (Some Slackware Utilities)
ph - A Slackware Package History
slkcfg - A Sysvinit Script Utility
-===============================================================================
+============================================================
ph N
-Lists last installed N packages by date order, newest first unless N is
-negative, then it lists oldest first. With no number it outputs all, suitable
-for grepping etc.
+Lists last installed N packages by date order, newest first
+unless N is negative, then it lists oldest first. With no
+number it outputs all, suitable for grepping etc.
-It supports a few options about listing style such as date, tag, version, and
-can be used in conjunction with other applications such as removepkg.
+It supports a few options about listing style such as date,
+version, tag, and can be used in conjunction with other
+applications such as removepkg.
Example:
-ph -s 5 (list last 5 slackbuilds.org packages installed)
+ph -s 5 (list last 5 SBo packages installed)
ph -t alien 10 (list last 10 packages with tag 'alien')
ph -d 5 (list last 5 without printing the dates)
pn -v 5 (list last 5 without printing versions)
Or combine them:
-ph -v -d -s 5 (list only the names of the last 5 slackbuilds.org packages)
+ph -v -d -s 5 (list only the names of the last 5 SBo packages)
-It also supports the $ROOT environmental option so that it will work with mounted
-file systems and partitions.
+It also supports the $ROOT environmental option so that it
+will work with mounted file systems and partitions.
See ph -h for more details and ph --help for more examples.
-===============================================================================
+============================================================
-slkcfg runs commands on the rc scripts in /etc/rc.d/ but without needing to
-specify the full path. Any output is printed.
+slkcfg runs commands on the rc scripts in /etc/rc.d/ but
+without needing to specify the full path. Any output is
+printed.
-It can run the usual start/stop/restart/status commands and set/unset the
-executable bit.
+It can run the usual start/stop/restart/status commands and
+set/unset the executable bit.
eg:
@@ -45,24 +47,25 @@ slkcfg cups start|stop|status
and so on.
-It greps the rc file to find options. If it doesn't find any options but you
-know that some exist you can force the command by adding 'force' at the end.
+It greps the rc file to find options. If it doesn't find any
+options but you know that some exist you can force the
+command by adding 'force' at the end.
-Running with just the name of the rc file will 'ls -l' it and print any found
-options.
+Running with just the name of the rc file will 'ls -l' it
+and print any found options.
-/etc/rc.d/rc.inet1 is treated specially and will try to find the names of
-interfaces using ifconfig -a.
+/etc/rc.d/rc.inet1 is treated specially and will try to
+find the names of interfaces using ifconfig -a.
-At the moment it supports the following: eth, wlan, br, virbr, vmnet, vboxnet,
-pan and ppp.
+At the moment it supports the following: eth, wlan, br,
+virbr, vmnet, vboxnet, pan and ppp.
-If you would like me to add extra interface support just drop me a line with
-the details or send a patch.
+If you would like me to add extra interface support just
+drop me a line with the details or send a patch.
Example output from inet1:
-slkcfg inet1 (viins)
+slkcfg inet1
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 10878 Nov 19 2015 /etc/rc.d/rc.inet1*
Options:
@@ -72,8 +75,9 @@ eth0_start eth0_stop eth0_restart
virbr0_start virbr0_stop virbr0_restart
wlan0_start wlan0_stop wlan0_restart
-slkcfg uses 'sh' to run commands (apart from chmod) so it should work even if
-the rc file isn't executable. In that case it will print a message to tell you
-at the end of the output.
+slkcfg uses 'sh' to run commands (apart from chmod) so it
+should work even if the rc file isn't executable. In that
+case it will print a message to tell you at the end of the
+output.
See slkcfg -h for more details.