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Displays content from /var/log/apt/history* in a table format (similar to yum history)
function apt-history() {
local install_date login_user command type changed usage
usage="apt-history - Displays content from /var/log/apt/history* in a table format (similar to yum history)"
if [ $# -gt 0 ] && [[ "$1" == "-h" ]] ; then
echo "$usage"
return 0
elif [ $# -gt 0 ] ; then
echo "This function does not accept options"
return 1
fi
# Make sure we are root
if [[ $(id -u) -ne 0 ]] ; then
echo "You need to be root"
return 1
fi
# Makes sure log folder exists
if [ ! -d /var/log/apt ] ; then
echo "Missing the APT log folder"
return 1
fi
apt_history_files="$(find /var/log/apt -name 'history*' | xargs ls -tr)"
{
echo " ID | Login user | Date and time | Command | Type | Altered |"
echo " -- | ---------- | ------------------ | ----------------- | ------- | ------- |"
for file in $apt_history_files ; do
if echo "$file" | grep -q gz ; then
cat_cmd="zcat"
else
cat_cmd="cat"
fi
$cat_cmd "$file" | while read line ; do
# Gets the install date
if echo "$line" | grep -q 'Start-Date' ; then
install_date="$(echo "$line" | grep 'Start-Date' | awk -F':' '{print $2 ":" $3}')"
fi
# Gets the command
if echo "$line" | grep -q 'Commandline' ; then
command="$(echo "$line" | grep 'Commandline' | awk -F':' '{print $2}' | awk '{print $1 , $2}')"
fi
# Gets the user
if echo "$line" | grep -q 'Requested-By:' ; then
login_user="$(echo "$line" | grep 'Requested-By:' | awk -F':' '{print $2}' | awk '{print $1}')"
fi
# Gets the installed files
if echo "$line" | grep -q 'Install' ; then
type="Install"
changed="$(echo "$line" | grep 'Install' | sed 's/),/)|/g' | tr '|' '\n' | wc -l)"
fi
if echo "$line" | grep -q 'Upgrade:' ; then
type="Upgrade"
changed="$(echo "$line" | grep 'Upgrade:' | sed 's/),/)|/g' | tr '|' '\n' | wc -l)"
fi
if echo "$line" | grep -q 'Remove:' ; then
type="Remove"
changed="$(echo "$line" | grep 'Remove:' | sed 's/),/)|/g' | tr '|' '\n' | wc -l)"
fi
# Outputs on end of block
if echo "$line" | grep -q 'End-Date:' ; then
# Fixes blank username
if [ ! "$login_user" ] ; then
login_user="system"
fi
echo " $login_user | $install_date | $command | $type | $changed | "
unset install_date login_user command type changed
fi
done
done | nl -s "|" | sort -r -t "|" -k1
} | sed 's/|/,|,/g' | column -s "," -t | less
}
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