check_installed_rpms

#! /bin/sh
#----------------------------------------------------------------------
# Description: a nifty script to verify all installed RPM
#
# Author:  Artem S. Tashkinov <>
# Created at: 2010-04-08 01:11:18
#
# Copyright (c) 2010 Artem S. Tashkinov. All rights reserved.
#----------------------------------------------------------------------

echo "Running ... "

logf=/tmp/RPM-V.$RANDOM$RANDOM
cat > $logf << EndOfMessage
       S file Size differs
       M Mode differs (includes permissions and file type)
       5 digest (formerly MD5 sum) differs
       D Device major/minor number mismatch
       L readLink(2) path mismatch
       U User ownership differs
       G Group ownership differs
       T mTime differs
       P caPabilities differ
EndOfMessage

r[0]='-'
r[1]='\'
r[2]='|'
r[3]='/'
r[4]='-'
r[5]='\'
r[6]='|'
r[7]='/'

j=0
n=1

total=`rpm -qa | wc -l`

for i in `rpm -qa | sort`; do

	p=$((n*100/total))
	echo -en "\r${r[$j]} $n [$p%]"
	RES=`nice -20 rpm -V "$i"`

	if [ -n "$RES" ]; then
		echo "******************** $i ********************" >> $logf
		echo "$RES" >> $logf
	fi

	n=$((n+1))
	j=$((j+1))
	test $j -gt 7 && j=0

done

echo
echo "Done. $n packages verified. See log here: $logf"