On 2008-09-18 22:55 +0200, Andrei Popescu wrote: > On Thu,18.Sep.08, 22:42:47, Sven Joachim wrote: >> # aptitude purge $(dpkg --get-selections | grep deinstall$ | cut -f1) > > What about 'aptitude purge ~c'? Indeed that's easier, thanks. With the caveat that I had to use "~c", since otherwise zsh wants to expand ~c to a username: zsh: no such user or named directory: c Sven