* Dave Carrigan <dave@rudedog.org> [040130 00:46]:
> On Thu, Jan 29, 2004 at 07:58:36PM +0900, Nick Hastings wrote:
>
> > Careful, dpkg --get-selections doesn't always list only installed
> > packages
> > Try:
> >
> > dpkg --get-selections | grep -w install | cut -f1
>
> To be pedantic, this will fail if a package has the string "install" in
> its name and is in a non-installed state.
No I don't think so, note the "-w" flag. It will only match if the
package name _is_ "install".
> Also, this will miss held packages.
My apologies you are correct here.
> Better would be
>
> dpkg --get-selections | awk '$2 ~ "install|hold" {print $1}'
Oops, now you will match with "uninstall"... or perhaps this status
doesn't exist anymore? Anyone know all possible statuses that can be
reported by dpkg --get-selections?
Nick.
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