Michael Chesterton <che...@chesterton.id.au> writes:
> On 28/10/2009, at 9:35 PM, Daniel Pittman wrote:
>> pe...@chubb.wattle.id.au writes:
>>
>>> I've done apt-get remove to get rid of some packages, but I should have
>>> done
>>> apt-get remove --purge. How do I get rid of the config file droppings all
>>> over my system?
>>
>> dpkg --list | grep ^rc
>>
>> # sudo dpkg --purge $(dpkg --list | grep ^rc | awk '{print $2}')
>
> What a waste, piping grep to awk. I suppose you also eat kittens?
> sudo dpkg --purge $(dpkg --list | awk '/^rc/ {print $2}')
I hang my head in shame. I can't believe I didn't spot that myself, even if I
wrote that off the top of my head. :/
Daniel
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