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As a general rule: do not change directories inside a script at all (for exactly this reason, to avoid this confusion). ... bakunin
Absolutely! Great tips! Thank you.
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FC-CAT(1) FC-CAT(1)
NAME
fc-cat - read font information cache files
SYNOPSIS
fc-cat [ -rvVh ] [ --recurse ] [ --verbose ] [ --version ] [ --help ]
[ [ fonts-cache-%version%-files ] [ dirs ] ... ]
DESCRIPTION
fc-cat reads the font information from cache files or related to font directories and emits it in ASCII form.
OPTIONS
This program follows the usual GNU command line syntax, with long options starting with two dashes (`-'). A summary of options is included
below.
-r Recurse into subdirectories.
-v Be verbose.
-h Show summary of options.
-V Show version of the program and exit.
SEE ALSO
fc-cache(1) fc-list(1) fc-match(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 Patrick Lam <plam@mit.edu>.
Aug 13, 2008 FC-CAT(1)