Re: About /var/log/dpgk.log

From	Greg Wooledge <wooledg@eeg.ccf.org>
Newsgroups	linux.debian.user
Subject	Re: About /var/log/dpgk.log
Date	2020-07-27 21:50 +0200
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On Mon, Jul 27, 2020 at 07:42:31PM +0000, Rodolfo Medina wrote:
> Must be so because
> 
>  $ zgrep "2018.*.install " /var/log/dpkg* 
> 
> gives no output and so with 2017, 2016 and 2015, whereas for 2019 and 2020
> there is output...

You can use ls -l to see the datestamps on the files.

You can zcat the oldest one, and pipe that through head, to see the
oldest entries in the oldest file.  That'll tell you where your cutoff
point is, more precisely than the datestamps (which will tell you the
end of each individual file, but not the beginning).

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About /var/log/dpgk.log Rodolfo Medina <rodolfo.medina@gmail.com> - 2020-07-25 21:50 +0200
  Re: About /var/log/dpgk.log <tomas@tuxteam.de> - 2020-07-25 22:10 +0200
    Re: About /var/log/dpgk.log The Wanderer <wanderer@fastmail.fm> - 2020-07-25 22:30 +0200
      Re: About /var/log/dpgk.log <tomas@tuxteam.de> - 2020-07-25 23:00 +0200
      Re: About /var/log/dpgk.log Sven Joachim <svenjoac@gmx.de> - 2020-07-25 23:00 +0200
        Re: About /var/log/dpgk.log <tomas@tuxteam.de> - 2020-07-25 23:40 +0200
          Re: About /var/log/dpgk.log Rodolfo Medina <rodolfo.medina@gmail.com> - 2020-07-27 14:20 +0200
            Re: About /var/log/dpgk.log Greg Wooledge <wooledg@eeg.ccf.org> - 2020-07-27 14:30 +0200
            Re: About /var/log/dpgk.log The Wanderer <wanderer@fastmail.fm> - 2020-07-27 14:40 +0200
              Re: About /var/log/dpgk.log Rodolfo Medina <rodolfo.medina@gmail.com> - 2020-07-27 15:00 +0200
                Re: About /var/log/dpgk.log The Wanderer <wanderer@fastmail.fm> - 2020-07-27 15:10 +0200
                Re: About /var/log/dpgk.log Rodolfo Medina <rodolfo.medina@gmail.com> - 2020-07-27 16:00 +0200
                Re: About /var/log/dpgk.log The Wanderer <wanderer@fastmail.fm> - 2020-07-27 16:10 +0200
                Re: About /var/log/dpgk.log Rodolfo Medina <rodolfo.medina@gmail.com> - 2020-07-27 16:30 +0200
                Re: About /var/log/dpgk.log The Wanderer <wanderer@fastmail.fm> - 2020-07-27 16:40 +0200
                Re: About /var/log/dpgk.log The Wanderer <wanderer@fastmail.fm> - 2020-07-27 17:50 +0200
                Re: About /var/log/dpgk.log Rodolfo Medina <rodolfo.medina@gmail.com> - 2020-07-28 01:10 +0200
                Re: About /var/log/dpgk.log The Wanderer <wanderer@fastmail.fm> - 2020-07-28 01:20 +0200
                Re: About /var/log/dpgk.log Rodolfo Medina <rodolfo.medina@gmail.com> - 2020-07-28 13:30 +0200
                Re: About /var/log/dpgk.log David Wright <deblis@lionunicorn.co.uk> - 2020-07-27 17:40 +0200
                Re: About /var/log/dpgk.log Rodolfo Medina <rodolfo.medina@gmail.com> - 2020-07-27 21:10 +0200
                Re: About /var/log/dpgk.log Greg Wooledge <wooledg@eeg.ccf.org> - 2020-07-27 21:20 +0200
                Re: About /var/log/dpgk.log Rodolfo Medina <rodolfo.medina@gmail.com> - 2020-07-27 21:50 +0200
                Re: About /var/log/dpgk.log Greg Wooledge <wooledg@eeg.ccf.org> - 2020-07-27 21:50 +0200
                Re: About /var/log/dpgk.log Rodolfo Medina <rodolfo.medina@gmail.com> - 2020-07-27 22:20 +0200

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