[sllug-members]: Re: CHMOD Big Oops!

[Stuart Jansen]

On Tue, 2006-10-31 at 12:29 -0700, Corey Edwards wrote:
> > > apt-get install -f -s --reinstall `dpkg --get-selections | grep 
> > > '        install' | cut -f 1`

> Make sure you're using backticks (on your keyboard it's under the tilde)
> and not single quotes. The two backticks are before "dpkg" and after
> "cut -f 1".

Which is why $() was invented.

apt-get install -f -s --reinstall $(dpkg --get-selections | grep '
install' | cut -f 1)

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