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[Panagiotis Atmatzidis]

Hello,


On 17 Νοε 2009, at 3:15 μ.μ., Panayotis Katsaloulis wrote:

> I would like to find a specific file in the ports distribution, when I don't already know the name of the package.
> In other words, I want to find in which package(s) a specific file exists.
> 
> For example, in order to use docbook2html command, I  don't know which package to install.
> 
> In the old days of debian, I used to have apt-file for this job. Is there any similar application for macports?
> What should I do in this case?

As far as I know there's no such commands. At this point you can use standard bash tools, like awk or grep.

Try something like grep -lir "docbook*" /opt/local/var/macports/

regards

Panagiotis (atmosx) Atmatzidis

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