quick script for sorting and deleting rpms

tools/delete_old_rpm.sh

@@ -0,0 +1,25 @@
+#!/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
+#
+####
+
+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