12-29-2009
Quote:
Originally Posted by
xoops
you can use sed for this
sed -i '/pattern/d' filename
or
cat filename | sed '/pattern/d'
note: pattern is the name you are looking for..
You
can use sed for this, but:
- -i may not be available
- It will delete any line with "pattern", which is not what was asked
- (and) cat is useless here
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fc-list
FC-LIST(1) FC-LIST(1)
NAME
fc-list - list available fonts
SYNOPSIS
fc-list [ -vVh ] [ --verbose ] [ [ -f format ] [ --format format ] ] [ --version ] [ --help ]
[ pattern [ element... ] ]
DESCRIPTION
fc-list lists fonts and styles available on the system for applications using fontconfig. If any elements are specified, only those are
printed. Otherwise family and style are printed, unless verbose output is requested.
OPTIONS
This program follows the usual GNU command line syntax, with long options starting with two dashes (`-'). A summary of options is included
below.
-v Print verbose output of the whole font pattern for each match, or elements if any is provided.
-f Format output according to the format specifier format.
-V Show version of the program and exit.
-h Show summary of options.
pattern
If this argument is set, only fonts matching pattern are displayed.
element
If set, the element property is displayed for matching fonts.
EXAMPLES
fc-list
Lists all font faces.
fc-list :lang=hi
Lists font faces that cover Hindi.
fc-list : family style file spacing
Lists the filename and spacing value for each font face. ``:'' is an empty pattern that matches all fonts.
SEE ALSO
fc-match(1) FcFontList(3) FcPatternFormat(3) fc-cat(1) fc-cache(1) fc-pattern(1) fc-query(1) fc-scan(1)
The fontconfig user's guide, in HTML format: /usr/share/doc/fontconfig/fontconfig-user.html.
AUTHOR
This manual page was written by Keith Packard <keithp@keithp.com> and Josselin Mouette <joss@debian.org>.
Aug 13, 2008 FC-LIST(1)