On Monday 11 October 2004 10:25 am, Thomas Adam wrote: > COLUMNS=200 dpkg -l | awk '/^ii/ {print $2}' | xargs apt-get --reinstall > install
I took the liberty of making a script from this excellent tip: <Begin Script> #!/bin/bash # This script *MUST* be ran either # as root or under sudo. # The 'COLUMNS=200 dpkg -l' part # displays intalled packages # The `awk '/^ii/ {print $2}' part # strips out the package names # from the previous list # The 'xargs apt-get --reinstall install' part # uses each package name as an argument to # apt-get; 'the --reinstall install' tells # apt to reinstall the package if it is # already there # If this gets word wrapped the following is all # on one line COLUMNS=200 dpkg -l | awk '/^ii/ {print $2}' | xargs apt-get --reinstall install <End Script> -- "Is this an advocacy thread I see before me? That posts towards my spool? Come, let me kill thee. I read thee not, and yet I see thee still." -- Matthew Crosby -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]