* 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. -- Debian testing/unstable Linux twofish 2.6.1-looxt93c1 i686 GNU/Linux
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