Using Interactive swlist

The swlist -i command lets you interactively list installed software on your host system. swlist -i also displays information about the software. The swlist -i -d command lets you display information about the software available in a depot or on a physical media.

Figure 5-1 The swlist Browser

Bundles and products are the default top-level display.

To open an item on the list, double-click on the item. Double-clicking on a file-level item displays the file attributes.

Searching and Moving Through the List

The following features are available to help you search and move through the list:

To search the current list, select Search... from the File menu.
To open an item on the list, double-click on the item. Double-clicking on a file-level item displays the file attributes.
To display a pop-up menu of viewing options for an item, click on the item with the right mouse button. The available options are:
- Open Item to the contents of the item.
- Close Level closes the current item and displays the next higher level of objects.
- Show Description of Software... displays attribute information about the currently selected item.

Changing the View

You can use the View menu options to change the columns displayed, select filters, and sort information:

Columns displays the Columns Editor. You can then choose which columns of software information to display (i.e. software name, revision number, information, size in Kbytes, architecture, category, etc.) and their order.
Filter... displays a dialog from which you can filter the display list with logical and relational operators for each field.
Sort... lets you select sort fields, order, and criteria for the information displayed.
Change Software View lets you toggle between a top-level view and a products view.
Change Software Filter... lets select from a list of predefined filters. (Only applies to top-level software objects.)

Performing Actions

You can use the Actions Menu options to open and close items on the display, show logfile information, and show software descriptions:

Open Item opens an item. (Same as double-clicking on the item.)
Close Level closes the current level. (Same as double-clicking on ..(go up).
Change Target opens a dialog box that lets you enter a path to select an alternate root (for swlist -i) or alternate depot (for swlist -i -d).
Show Logfile displays the system logfile.
Show Audit Log displays software depot audit information stored in the audit log (for swlist -i -d only). See “Using the Source Depot Audit Log ” in Chapter 2 “Installing and Copying Software ” for more information.
Show Description of Software displays attribute information about the currently selected item.

Using Interactive swlist

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