Show - a new command

For a long time I've been using an alias to shortcut the usage of apt-get show, but I wasn't happy with it. So today I've written a new script that shows a description of the programme you're interested in, and then shows whether you've already installed it, and what repo its in, and saves it to a log file. So here it is -

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#!/bin/bash
#: Title            : show
#: Date             : November 2013
#: Author           : Sharon Kimble
#: Version          : 2.0
#: Times edited     : 09
#: Description      : to easily show a description of a programme
#: Options          : 1, all listed in variables
#: License          : GNU GPL 3.0 or later
####################################################
# Changelog.
#   * 10-11-13
#   initial version of the script
#   logs output.
####################################################
# Variables
logfile="/home/boudiccas/logs/show.txt"
####################################################
exec > >(tee -a $logfile) 2>&1

echo "What programme do you want to see?"
read programme
apt-cache show "$programme" | grep -i description -A 8

apt-cache policy "$programme"   #shows whether installed or not, and repo of it.

Just save it to your /home/$user/bin/, restart your terminal, and use your new command from the command-line. It also logs everything that it displays to 'show.txt' in your ~/logs directory, for any further examination of the programme. Enjoy :)

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