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A one-line script that finds installed Debian packages with no reverse dependencies, using multiple processes in parallel
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root-packages.sh
#!/bin/sh
# This list may not be sorted, so if that is desired be sure to pipe the output through sort.
dpkg -l | \
grep '^ii' | \
awk '{ print $2 }' | \
xargs -P4 -I, /bin/sh -c '[ "$(apt-cache rdepends --installed , | wc -l)" = "2" ] && echo ,'
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