Hi plz help me in writing scripts
 

Hi..
I'm using redhat 2.4.20
I'm trying to write a shell script to display the file system packages and software packages of my system
For that i used the command,
rpm -qa | more ( to display system packages)
but the output is not so clean.. i need an exact system packages instead of a vague one.. plz help me
Rammu

Do you want to filter something like rpm -qia ??

s i've to filter out to view only the packages installed in the system.. not other stuffs..
the output of my command should be a clear one
plz help me
Thanks in advance

Sorry, I thought yum gives random garbage, and rpm only installed packages. If in RH it is no more the case, then sorry. Maybe you can still filter rpm -qia by something like "grep Status: installed" -B2 , but I don't know exactly (for reasons mentioned under my name on the left..)..

I think with this you can get something near what you want
rpm -qia | grep Name | more

What do you mean "output is not clean"? Please elaborate. If you want a more formatted output, you will have to pipe the output to an appropriate program.

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