Code:

#!/bin/bash

deb=$1

OIFS=$IFS
IFS=$'\n'

opt_total=0
home_total=0
other_total=0


for line in $(ar p ${deb} data.tar.gz | tar -tzvf -) ; do {
        IFS=$OIFS
        array=(${line})

        case $(echo ${array[5]} | cut -b 1-5) in
        ./usr ) usr_total=$(( ${usr_total} + ${array[2]})) ;;
        ./opt ) opt_total=$(( ${opt_total} + ${array[2]})) ;;
        * ) other_total=$(( ${other_total} + ${array[2]})) ;;
        esac

        } ;
done

echo -e "Usr\tOpt\tOther"
echo -e "${usr_total}\t${opt_total}\t${other_total}"

IFS=$OIFS

Originally Posted by daperl

If you want to get every deb from a particular repository, something heinous like this should work:

Code:

wget -r --no-parent --no-directories --accept deb http://repository.maemo.org/extras/pool/fremantle/free/