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Q&A How to find all files not part of a package on Arch?

#!/bin/sh export LC_ALL=C # to make sorting not depend on locale # Ignore some well-known directories with many files find_args=' -path /usr/lib/modules -o -path /etc/ssl/certs -o -path ...

posted 4mo ago by Ordoviz‭  ·  edited 4mo ago by Michael‭

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#2: Post edited by user avatar Michael‭ · 2024-07-18T07:26:04Z (4 months ago)
Prettyprint, I hope.
  • ```
  • #!/bin/sh
  • export LC_ALL=C # to make sorting not depend on locale
  • # Ignore some well-known directories with many files
  • find_args='
  • -path /usr/lib/modules
  • -o -path /etc/ssl/certs
  • -o -path /etc/ca-certificates/extracted
  • '
  • # Get all files and directories
  • find /etc /opt /usr \( $find_args \) -prune -o -print | sort > /tmp/all_files
  • # Get files and directories known to pacman, removing trailing slashes
  • pacman -Qlq | sed 's,/$,,' | sort > /tmp/pacman_controlled_files
  • # List files and directories not known to pacman
  • comm -23 /tmp/all_files /tmp/pacman_controlled_files
  • ```
  • ```sh
  • #!/bin/sh
  • export LC_ALL=C # to make sorting not depend on locale
  • # Ignore some well-known directories with many files
  • find_args='
  • -path /usr/lib/modules
  • -o -path /etc/ssl/certs
  • -o -path /etc/ca-certificates/extracted
  • '
  • # Get all files and directories
  • find /etc /opt /usr \( $find_args \) -prune -o -print | sort > /tmp/all_files
  • # Get files and directories known to pacman, removing trailing slashes
  • pacman -Qlq | sed 's,/$,,' | sort > /tmp/pacman_controlled_files
  • # List files and directories not known to pacman
  • comm -23 /tmp/all_files /tmp/pacman_controlled_files
  • ```
#1: Initial revision by user avatar Ordoviz‭ · 2024-07-17T17:31:43Z (4 months ago)
```
#!/bin/sh

export LC_ALL=C  # to make sorting not depend on locale

# Ignore some well-known directories with many files
find_args='
-path /usr/lib/modules
-o -path /etc/ssl/certs
-o -path /etc/ca-certificates/extracted
'

# Get all files and directories
find /etc /opt /usr \( $find_args \) -prune -o -print | sort > /tmp/all_files

# Get files and directories known to pacman, removing trailing slashes
pacman -Qlq | sed 's,/$,,' | sort > /tmp/pacman_controlled_files

# List files and directories not known to pacman
comm -23 /tmp/all_files /tmp/pacman_controlled_files
```