Hi Jim, On Thu, Jan 07, 2021 at 08:12:52AM -0500, Jim Popovitch wrote: > What is a script'able way to list a pkg version (or nothing if it is not > installed)?
$ dpkg-query --showformat '${Version}\t${Status}\n' --show coreutils 8.23-4 install ok installed $ dpkg-query --showformat '${Version}\t${Status}\n' --show coreutils | awk '/installed/ { print $1 }' 8.23-4 $ dpkg-query --showformat '${Version}\t${Status}\n' --show wowbagger dpkg-query: no packages found matching wowbagger $ echo $? 1 Cheers, Andy -- https://bitfolk.com/ -- No-nonsense VPS hosting