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A utility for removing packages on Mac OS X
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rm_pkg.sh
#!/bin/bash
# Usage: rm_pkg.sh com.example.app
# Find packages names with "pkgutil --pkgs"
set -e
set -x
OLD_PWD=$(pwd)
PKG=$1
cd "$(pkgutil --pkg-info $PKG | grep volume | cut -c9-)"
cd "$(pkgutil --pkg-info $PKG | grep location | cut -c11-)"
pkgutil --only-files --files $PKG | tr '\n' '\0' | tee /dev/tty | xargs -n 1 -0 sudo rm -if
pkgutil --only-dirs --files $PKG | tail -r | tr '\n' '\0' | tee /dev/tty | xargs -n 1 -0 sudo rmdir
cd $OLD_PWD
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