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user3334213
user3334213

Reputation: 53

how to remove packages from yum list result?

probably a quick question for experts. on linux(Centso)

I did something like

$ yum list | grep cdh

which returns a bunch of items(I was search to remove cloudera packages)

I know that I can remove them by

$ yum remove ...

but certainly like to do it in one command. Is there a way to do so? many thanks

currently. I manually output the list result to a text file, and then copy/paste the names into yum remove. there must be a better way. thanks

Upvotes: 1

Views: 7760

Answers (2)

Mudfly
Mudfly

Reputation: 1

You can remove in bulk by using a wildcard.

yum remove 'cdh*'

There is more information here rpm - erase multiple packages

Upvotes: 0

Etan Reisner
Etan Reisner

Reputation: 80931

yum remove '*cdh*' will do what you want. Though be careful to check the list of packages it wants to remove to make sure the pattern didn't catch too much.

Upvotes: 1

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