List the contents of a deb package before installation.

A Debian deb package is an archive that contains files to be installed on your system. There are ways to list the contents of a deb package before installation. Use the dpkg(1) command to achieve this easily. List all files in the deb archive. ┌─[✗]─[jason@darkstar]─[~] └──╼ $dpkg –contents brave.deb┌─[✗]─[jason@darkstar]─[~] └──╼ $dpkg –contents brave.deb List all … Read more

Linux and UNIX commands that are very useful.

To view the contents of an ISO image, the isoinfo command for Linux will come in very useful indeed. Just type isoinfo -f -i myiso.iso to view the contents of the ISO image as shown in this example. C:\MEDIA\ELEMENTS\FILES\ISOS> isoinfo -f -i linuxmint-11-gnome-dvd-64bit.iso /BOOT /CASPER /EFI /ISOLINUX /MD5SUM.TXT;1 /PRESEED /_DISK /BOOT/GRUB /CASPER/FILESYSTEM.MANIFEST;1 /CASPER/FILESYSTEM.MANIFEST_DESKTOP;1 /CASPER/FILESYSTEM.SIZE;1 /CASPER/FILESYSTEM.SQUASHFS;1 … Read more