DZone Snippets is a public source code repository. Easily build up your personal collection of code snippets, categorize them with tags / keywords, and share them with the world
Linux Bash: How To Quickly Backup And Reinstall A Set Of Packages
// description of your code here
How to quickly backup and reinstall a set of packages after a crash, mistake.
dpkg --get-selections | grep -v deinstall > ~/InstalledPackages.list grep -ve ^# -e ^$ /etc/apt/sources.list > ~/InstalledSources.list dpkg --set-selections < ~/InstalledPackages.list
