On Thu, 2005-11-03 at 13:13 +1300, Morgan Read wrote: > Hi, > > I want a list of installed packages by package name only (i.e. no version, > release, .rpm, etc.) > > How do I do it? It's documented in the manpage - use the "--qf" option to format the results as you want them. Eg. rpm -qa --qf "%{NAME}\n" > > Simple I know, but... > > I want to be able to generate two lists of rpms installed to diff so I know > what package changes have occurred between one install and another. Don't you want to know about differences in version too? Cheers, Ben