PKG Informations

[OnlyRipper]

Hello everyone!
I come up with a new simple question that i don't know how to solve.
Is there a script that could print pkg infos(only the pkg name) inside a text file?
I want to compare a32 bit with a 64 bit.It's difficult using puttywhen the system is having alot pkgs installed

 

[Lamia]

pkg info -a >> list_installed_pkgs.txt

You can replace 'a' with 'aoq' or other attributes/options you know.

 

[T-Daemon]

Sorry to intervene.

pkg info -a >> list_installed_pkgs.txt

That would print the package names with comments. OP wants only the package names.

pkg info -q > list_installed_pkgs.txt is the needed command. More options with pkg help info.

You can replace 'a' with 'aoq' or other attributes/options you know.

pkg info -aoq would print 'package origin/package name', no version numbers.

 

[SirDice]

You might want to look at the output from pkg leaf. Those are the important packages, everything else is a dependency.

 

[OnlyRipper]

THank you all for you replies!
I will test every command and see what it does and what's the output.
How can you all handle all these informations? I mean there are alot commands.

 

[T-Daemon]

How can you all handle all these informations? I mean there are alot commands.

I would say reading man pages, reading the forum, reading various FreeBSD related web sites, executing command help function, trying out, experience.
i.e. for pkg(8) execute:

pkg help
pkg help info
pkg alias (for leaf command SirDice suggested )
pkg help alias

 

[SirDice]

How can you all handle all these informations? I mean there are a lot commands.

That's experience. And having used those commands a lot. Things will eventually 'stick' if you use them often enough.