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dpkg-readme helps you to quickly open README.Debian of given package
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| #!/bin/sh | |
| : ${PAGER:=cat} | |
| package="$1" | |
| readme="$(dpkg-query -L "$package" 2> /dev/null | grep README.Debian | head -n 1)" | |
| if [ -s "$readme" ]; then | |
| case "$readme" in | |
| *.gz) gunzip -qc "$readme" | $PAGER;; | |
| *) $PAGER "$readme";; | |
| esac | |
| else | |
| echo "$package: README.Debian not found" >&2 | |
| exit 1 | |
| fi |
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