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Bob wrote:
> Hi,
> How can I do this, the way I'd like it to work is
> cat /var/log/dpkg.log > ./list
> but filtering by date so it only includes packages installed after a
> certain time (grep sed?)
>
> vi ./list
> to delete lines for packages you want to keep (running kernel, less,
> hddtemp, whatever...)
>
> pass the ./list file to a command that will beautify it and output
> another list of just package names that you can pass to
> apt-get --purge remove
>
> Shouldn't be too hard but my bash is rusty, so I thought I'd ask if
> anyone had done this already before I crack my knuckles and get all man
> bash sed grep on it?
>
> Thanks.
>
>
Perhaps something list this: (adapt it for your needs)
#!/bin/bash
dpkg -l | grep beryl | gawk -F" " '{ print $2 }' > beryl.list
apt-get remove --purge $(cat beryl.list)
rm beryl.list
#end
Joe
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