Comments on: Digging People Out of Holes via the Command Line http://ubuntu-tutorials.com/2007/06/21/digging-people-out-of-holes-via-the-command-line/ Enhancing your Ubuntu experience! Thu, 02 Feb 2012 10:29:43 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Christer Edwards: Can You Improve This Command Line Magic? // The Linux Index http://ubuntu-tutorials.com/2007/06/21/digging-people-out-of-holes-via-the-command-line/#comment-1600 Christer Edwards: Can You Improve This Command Line Magic? // The Linux Index Mon, 13 Aug 2007 19:07:17 +0000 http://ubuntu-tutorials.com/?p=354#comment-1600 [...] I needed to come up with some more command line magic. You might remember the post I did about digging out of holes with some command line magic. Today’s goal was to do some math, or more specifically, find an [...] [...] I needed to come up with some more command line magic. You might remember the post I did about digging out of holes with some command line magic. Today’s goal was to do some math, or more specifically, find an [...]

]]> By: Can You Improve This Command Line Magic? : Ubuntu Tutorials : Breezy - Dapper - Edgy - Feisty http://ubuntu-tutorials.com/2007/06/21/digging-people-out-of-holes-via-the-command-line/#comment-1599 Can You Improve This Command Line Magic? : Ubuntu Tutorials : Breezy - Dapper - Edgy - Feisty Mon, 13 Aug 2007 16:21:11 +0000 http://ubuntu-tutorials.com/?p=354#comment-1599 [...] I needed to come up with some more command line magic.  You might remember the post I did about digging out of holes with some command line magic.  Today’s goal was to do some math, or more specifically, find [...] [...] I needed to come up with some more command line magic.  You might remember the post I did about digging out of holes with some command line magic.  Today’s goal was to do some math, or more specifically, find [...]

]]> By: Alex Mayorga Adame http://ubuntu-tutorials.com/2007/06/21/digging-people-out-of-holes-via-the-command-line/#comment-1598 Alex Mayorga Adame Mon, 25 Jun 2007 15:18:49 +0000 http://ubuntu-tutorials.com/?p=354#comment-1598 @mpt +1 Did you file that on Malone? @mpt

+1

Did you file that on Malone?

]]> By: mpt http://ubuntu-tutorials.com/2007/06/21/digging-people-out-of-holes-via-the-command-line/#comment-1592 mpt Sat, 23 Jun 2007 13:08:34 +0000 http://ubuntu-tutorials.com/?p=354#comment-1592 Now, anyone want to add a "Date Installed" column to Synaptic's package list? Then you could achieve the same thing in Ubuntu from a GUI. :-) Now, anyone want to add a “Date Installed” column to Synaptic’s package list? Then you could achieve the same thing in Ubuntu from a GUI. :-)

]]> By: tactus http://ubuntu-tutorials.com/2007/06/21/digging-people-out-of-holes-via-the-command-line/#comment-1593 tactus Fri, 22 Jun 2007 09:42:58 +0000 http://ubuntu-tutorials.com/?p=354#comment-1593 Neat. Personally, as I am no shell guru, I'd might have just used the yum groupremove/groupinstall (iirc) until the system gets back to a sane setup. You better know what you are doing running a one line command mentioned in the blog post here. :) Neat. Personally, as I am no shell guru, I’d might have just used the yum groupremove/groupinstall (iirc) until the system gets back to a sane setup. You better know what you are doing running a one line command mentioned in the blog post here. :)

]]> By: RuiSeabra http://ubuntu-tutorials.com/2007/06/21/digging-people-out-of-holes-via-the-command-line/#comment-1595 RuiSeabra Fri, 22 Jun 2007 07:36:16 +0000 http://ubuntu-tutorials.com/?p=354#comment-1595 Gah! Useless Use of Awk! for i in `rpm -qai | grep -B5 ‘Thu 21 Jun 2007 03? | awk ' /Name/ && ! /kernel/ { print $3 }` ; do yum -y remove $i ; done Gah! Useless Use of Awk!

for i in `rpm -qai | grep -B5 ‘Thu 21 Jun 2007 03? | awk ‘
/Name/ && ! /kernel/ { print $3 }` ; do yum -y remove $i ; done

]]> By: Ali http://ubuntu-tutorials.com/2007/06/21/digging-people-out-of-holes-via-the-command-line/#comment-1594 Ali Fri, 22 Jun 2007 05:04:13 +0000 http://ubuntu-tutorials.com/?p=354#comment-1594 Thanks Christer for sharing this with us. I like your blog , keep up the good work :) Thanks Christer for sharing this with us.
I like your blog , keep up the good work :)

]]> By: Ubuntu Tutorials http://ubuntu-tutorials.com/2007/06/21/digging-people-out-of-holes-via-the-command-line/#comment-1596 Ubuntu Tutorials Fri, 22 Jun 2007 01:53:38 +0000 http://ubuntu-tutorials.com/?p=354#comment-1596 Keith - to list your currently installed packages try "dpkg -l". This shows the package, version and short description. "dpkg -L " will show files provided by . ...as usual there is quite a bit more info in the man page for dpkg. Keith – to list your currently installed packages try “dpkg -l”. This shows the package, version and short description. “dpkg -L ” will show files provided by .

…as usual there is quite a bit more info in the man page for dpkg.

]]> By: Keith http://ubuntu-tutorials.com/2007/06/21/digging-people-out-of-holes-via-the-command-line/#comment-1597 Keith Fri, 22 Jun 2007 01:04:00 +0000 http://ubuntu-tutorials.com/?p=354#comment-1597 Neat story :) Incidentally, do you know if there is any way to list all installed packages with aptitude, similar to what you would get with "rpm -qa"? I tried "aptitude show *", but no luck.. It would be a useful trick to know. Neat story :) Incidentally, do you know if there is any way to list all installed packages with aptitude, similar to what you would get with “rpm -qa”? I tried “aptitude show *”, but no luck.. It would be a useful trick to know.

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