Re: erasing multiple packages

["Paul L. Allen" <paul l allen boeing com>]

Prakash_Nara@Dell.com wrote:
> Is there a way to erase multiple packages in a single transaction without
> naming all the packages.
>
> I know something like the following works.
> rpm -e somepkgagent  somepkgclient  somepkgserver  somepkgsomething.
>
> But the following doesn't work
> rpm -e somepkg*
>
> Does anyone know a better way to erase a bunch of rpms without naming them
> all?

It's a bit ham-handed, but this is what I'd do:

	rpm -e `rpm -qa |grep '^somepkg'`

Perhaps one of the RPM wizards will have something more elegant?

Paul Allen
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