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remove (purge) all packages and configs installed on a given date in one line (on ubuntu/debian)
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| grep -w install /var/log/dpkg.log | awk '{ if ($1 == "2013-08-22") { print $4 }}' | while read -r line; do sudo apt-get -y purge $line && sudo apt-get -y autoremove; done |
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just replace the "2013-08-22" with the desired date