delete_old_rpm.sh: script to delete older rpms into a directory

(need ArchLinux tools)

RPM/delete_old_rpm.sh

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+#!/bin/bash
+
+####
+#
+# quick script that takes all rpm in the current directory
+# and delete the smaller version when several versions of 
+# a same package exists
+#
+# Slow and not error-less
+#
+####
+#
+#This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
+#it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+#the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
+#(at your option) any later version.
+#
+#This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+#but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+#MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+#GNU General Public License for more details.
+#
+#You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+#along with this program.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/> 
+#
+####
+
+for file in *.rpm ; do
+    regex='(.*)-[^-]+-[^-]+\.rpm'
+    if [[ $file =~ $regex ]] ; then
+        pkg_name=${BASH_REMATCH[1]}
+        regex_same="$pkg_name-[^-]+-[^-]+\.rpm"
+        for same_pkg in *.rpm ; do
+            if [[ $same_pkg =~ $regex_same && `vercmp $file $same_pkg` -gt 0 ]] ; then
+                rm $same_pkg
+                echo $same_pkg removed
+            fi
+        done
+    fi
+done