Quoting Andrew Sullivan ([EMAIL PROTECTED]): > > Yes, but it's in a big file with a lot of extra data (whereas the > output from --get-selections is just lines indicating package and > state). I know that I can just pull the relevant bits with some > regex work, but I wondered if there was a way to make dpkg read its > data from some file other than the system's /var/lib/dpkg/status > (assuming that's the file dpkg is using to get its data; I always > assumed so).
Work? It takes two minutes to come up with grep -B 1 "Status: install ok installed" /var/lib/dpkg/status | grep Package | cut -d \ -f 2 Is that the sort of thing you want? Cheers, -- Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Tel: +44 1908 653 739 Fax: +44 1908 655 151 Snail: David Wright, Earth Science Dept., Milton Keynes, England, MK7 6AA Disclaimer: These addresses are only for reaching me, and do not signify official stationery. Views expressed here are either my own or plagiarised.
