rmbarron/linuxadmintools

LinuxAdminTools

Summary

This is an attempt at making a collection of generic Linux Troubleshooting tools /scripts that aims to make troubleshooting easier and faster for experienced and amateur admins alike.

apt_install_history.py

This is meant to ease the pain of sifting through dpkg logs and making long 1-liners to sift info. Will take the contents of /var/log/dpkg.log.* and output to stdout.

./apt_install_history.py [-a|-c|-s] [-n ]

flags:
-a, --all :
Prints every line of every dpkg.log file
-c, --command_code :
Prints every line of an action (install|remove|purge)
-f, --from_date :
Prints entries starting at this YYYY-MM-DD date
-s, --status_code :
Prints every line of package status (installed|not-installed)
-n, --number :
Number of lines to print (starting from most recent)
-u, --until :
Prints entries until this YYYY-MM-DD date

linuxadmintools's Issues

Search by Date Range in apt_install_history.py

Initial idea is a "from" flag to search that date onward, and a "to" flag that only searches until that date. Both can operate independently or together.

Search by Package Name in apt_install_history

Should be able to search via a (partial) package name, ideally as a flag that works with the existing a|s|c flags.