See the query format in the man page rpm --queryformat "%{NAME}-%{VERSION}-%{RELEASE}-%{ARCH}\n" -qa is part of one of my aliases; I'm guessing if you leave of VERSION, RELEASE, and ARCH you'll be in downtown. David \_ SMTP quoth George Toft on 1/21/2002 23:59 as having spake thusly: \_ \_ Yes, I spent an hour in the man page and typing, and I got \_ nowhere. \_ \_ What I want is a list of packages installed without \_ version numbers - like rpm -qa. \_ \_ I know it has to be easy, but that man page is not. \_ \_ George \_ ________________________________________________ \_ See http://PLUG.phoenix.az.us/navigator-mail.shtml if your mail doesn't post to the list quickly and you use Netscape to write mail. \_ \_ PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us \_ http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss