Can you write a script that uses regex to compare each package name and its subsequent version number and if it has more than one, delete all other versions with a lower number?
pkg-2.4-5.i386.rpm pkg-2.4-6.i386.rpm pkg-2.7-1.i386.rpm it would find "pkg" then the first "-" then the numbering and compare which is highest number and ditch the rest... good luck... my regex fu is non-existent. :) David McD On Tue, 21 Dec 2004 14:58:38 -0500, Kevin Otte <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Given a directory full of RPMs, some of which are the same package, just > different versions (eg: > http://download.fedora.redhat.com/pub/fedora/linux/core/updates/3/i386/ ), > is there some method of deleting all but the most current version of the > RPMs contained therein? > > The reason for this is to put together a CD (perhaps DVD depending on size) > of just the most current updates to send to someone who is still stuck out > in dialup land. > > -- > Kevin Otte, N8VNR > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://www.nivex.net/ > > -=- > > "Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it." > -- George Santayana > > "It seems no one reads Santayana anymore." > -- Cdr. Susan Ivanova, Babylon 5 > > -- > TriLUG mailing list : http://www.trilug.org/mailman/listinfo/trilug > TriLUG Organizational FAQ : http://trilug.org/faq/ > TriLUG Member Services FAQ : http://members.trilug.org/services_faq/ > TriLUG PGP Keyring : http://trilug.org/~chrish/trilug.asc > -- TriLUG mailing list : http://www.trilug.org/mailman/listinfo/trilug TriLUG Organizational FAQ : http://trilug.org/faq/ TriLUG Member Services FAQ : http://members.trilug.org/services_faq/ TriLUG PGP Keyring : http://trilug.org/~chrish/trilug.asc
