i think: rpm -qa --qf '%{vendor}\n' | sort | uniq -c On 11/26/07, Dave Burns <tburns@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > On Nov 25, 2007 10:27 AM, John Summerfield > <debian@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > (which might be the reviewer's), Try this example: > > > > rpm -qa --qf '%vendorn' | sort | uniq -c > > 1 Adobe Systems, Incorporated > > 12 (none) > > 1 RealNetworks, Inc > > 838 Red Hat, Inc. > > 1 Sun Microsystems > > I did. I got one of these per package: > > error: incorrect format: missing { after % > > Am I using the wrong shell? Have some alias defined that is screwing > it up? I was pleased to find a description of --qf in the rpm man page > (no examples of course) but no reference to %vendorn. Is it a typo? > > I tried to take the advice of the error message... > > rpm -qa --qf '%{vendorn}' | sort | uniq -c > > error: incorrect format: unknown tag > > Various other simpleminded variants fail. Apparently someone familiar > with printf might be able to fix this, but I am clueless. Is there a > way to make it work? > > Dave > > -- > fedora-list mailing list > fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx > To unsubscribe: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list >