Once upon a time, Seth Vidal <skvidal@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> said:
> On Thu, 4 Mar 2010, Chris Adams wrote:
> > Once upon a time, Seth Vidal <skvidal@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> said:
> >> run:
> >>
> >> yum list installed | grep updates-testing
> >
> > Would it be possible for yum to detect not-a-tty (or at least have a CLI
> > option to the same effect), so that the output is not pretty-printed?
> > Or is there another quick-and-easy way to get the same info?
> >
> > The above command gives me mostly useless output:
> >
> > # yum list installed | grep updates-testing
>
> What yum version is this and what plugins do you have installed?
# yum list installed yum\*
yum.noarch 3.2.25-1.fc12 @anaconda-InstallationRepo-200911081904.x86_64
yum-metadata-parser.x86_64
1.1.2-14.fc12 @anaconda-InstallationRepo-200911081904.x86_64
yum-presto.noarch 0.6.2-1.fc12 @updates
yum-utils.noarch 1.1.26-1.fc12 @updates
It is a pretty-printing thing apparently. Too-long fields result in a
line wrap and space padding for column alignment (a too-long name.arch
and version-release can end up with three lines for a single package).
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Systems and Network Administrator - HiWAAY Internet Services
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