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apt-get mass install packages from a file?

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I have a text file with lots of package names.

package1

package2



# comment

# installing package3 because it was needed for...

package 3



package 4

How can I mass install all packages inside the text file without removing the comments?

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answered 1 Year ago fectlyole · Accepted Answer

Something along these lines ought to do the trick.

apt-get install $(grep -vE "^s*#" filename  | tr "

" " ")

The $(something) construction runs the something command, inserting its output in the command line.

The grep command will exclude any line beginning with a #, optionally allowing for whitespace before it. Then the tr command replaces newlines with spaces.