On Wed, 2006-01-25 at 15:40 -0800, Darlene Wallach wrote: > There was a typo, correct "querformat" to "queryformat and > it works: > > $ rpm -q --queryformat="%{name}-%{version}-%{release}.%{arch}" gcc > gcc-java java-1.4.2-gcj-compat{,-devel} eclipse-platform > gcc-3.4.4-2.fc3.i386gcc-java-3.4.4-2.fc3.i386package > java-1.4.2-gcj-compat is not installed > package java-1.4.2-gcj-compat-devel is not installed > package eclipse-platform is not installed For future reference, a small tweak to the queryformat should produce more readable output (each package on a new line): $ rpm -q --queryformat="%{name}-%{version}-%{release}.%{arch}\n" \ gcc gcc-java java-1.4.2-gcj-compat{,-devel} eclipse-platform gcc-4.0.2-8.fc4.i386 gcc-java-4.0.2-8.fc4.i386 java-1.4.2-gcj-compat-1.4.2.0-40jpp_31rh.FC4.2.i386 package java-1.4.2-gcj-compat-devel is not installed package eclipse-platform is not installed Paul.