On Tue, 2008-12-30 at 11:13 -0600, Jeremy wrote: > How can I find all the files which are not in packages in ubuntu? Here's an idea: find / > /tmp/allfiles.txt for i in `cat /tmp/allfiles.txt` do if ! dpkg --search $i then echo $i > /tmp/unknown.txt fi done You might want "-type f" in that find command. -- Adam Monsen -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: not available Type: application/pgp-signature Size: 197 bytes Desc: This is a digitally signed message part Url : http://mailman.mn-linux.org/pipermail/tclug-list/attachments/20081231/649f0faf/attachment.pgp