Quoting kuLa on 2010-11-01 06:02:50: > > cat file-list|xargs apt-get -y install > >> apt-get install `sed "s/\n/ /" /your/listfile` > > > >> is much better. > > From my experience it's doing lookup only once cause you're passing > package names only once at start. ACK. > cat file-list|xargs apt-get -y install apt-get -y install foo (read db; grab foo; install foo; write new db) apt-get -y install bar (read db; grab bar; install bar; write new db) apt-get -y install baz (read db; grab baz; install baz; write new db) > apt-get install `sed "s/\n/ /" /your/listfile apt-get install foo bar baz (read db; grab foo, bar, baz; install foo, bar, baz; write new db) -- _ Brian Ryans 8B2A 54C4 E275 8CFD 8A7D 5D0B 0AD0 B014 C112 13D0 . ( ) ICQ 43190205 | Mail/Jabber/Yahoo/MSN: BrianLRyans@gmail.com ..: X ASCII Ribbon Campaign Against HTML mail and v-cards: asciiribbon.org / \ Modern man has an approximately 140-character attention span. -- blr
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