Re: [Puppet Users] Re: Problem with Custom Facter

On Tue, Feb 21, 2012 at 9:57 AM, jcbollinger <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Alternatively,
>
> `yum -q check-update | grep '\\w' | wc --lines`.chomp

Yep, lots of ways to do it.

> sudo is not needed to run yum queries, and avoiding sudo when you
> don't need it is good practice.  Personally, I find that command a lot

Good point.  I was testing in irb as a regular user and just cut and
paste what I did into the email.  It shouldn't have sudo in there.

> more legible than the Ruby split / reject / length business, too,
> though YMMV.

I think method chaining and the functional aspects (reject) of Ruby
are elegant and use them every chance I get.  Both are fine and valid
though.


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