Re: script to list installed packages

["Edward J. Shornock" <ed@crazeecanuck.homelinux.net>]

Michael D Schleif wrote:

>   dpkg -l | grep ^i
>
> hth
>
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That's what I used to use, but you'd have to specify something like
 COLUMNS='150' dpkg -l |grep ^i

Otherwise, you'll have names like this returned:
   ii  xtightvncviewe 1.2.7-3        Virtual network computing client 
software fo

Notice how the "r" is cut off in the package name.

With COLUMNS=150

   # COLUMNS='150' dpkg -l |grep ^i |grep xtight
   ii  xtightvncviewer                 1.2.7-3                         
Virtual network computing client software for X

Using dpkg --get-selections , you'll see the proper name of the package, 
like this:
   # dpkg --get-selections \* |egrep -w 'install|hold' |grep xtight 
|cut -f1
   xtightvncviewer


HTH

Ed