On Mon, Feb 01, 2016 at 11:16:17PM +0100, Hans wrote:
Hi all, first of all, thanks for the fast response.If you could suggest a specific tool, we could perhaps tell you the right thing to use for that tool (or the reasons to use it).Yes, here is an example: 1. apt-get --purge remove 4.3.1-0-* will remove all packages with4.3.1-0-* variable/string 4.3.1-0- in its name 2. aptitude purge '~n4.3.1-0-*' will deinstall all packages, named 4.3.1-0- 3. aptitude purge 'deborphan --guess-all' will deinstall all packages named by the commnd in the marks
Careful, I think this last command actually uses `backticks`. Backticks are more clearly and more cleanly specified as $(subcommand). With backticks, the command within them is run first and it's output is used at that point in the command line to the outer program. That is:
aptitude purge gnome aptitude purge `echo gnome`aptitude purge $(any other command which outputs the word "gnome" on standard output)
are all equivalent (except for the fact that the last two run two processes in quick succession).
I see no system behind it. Looks weired for me. At the moment I find no example for "foo", but I am sure, one might find it also. Hans
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