[Feature] List old versions of all apps

[xiaoxstz]

Feature Request

Add a command to show all the old versions installed, so we can know what we need to cleanup

Is your feature request related to a problem? Please describe.

I want to cleanup the old versions of the apps. But I don't want to cleanup all, in case the current versions of some apps are unstable.

If I use scoop cleanup *, all the old versions will be cleaned. If not, I don't know what apps have old versions.

Describe the solution you'd like

The command can be scoop cleanup --show , scoop list --old or scoop old

The output can be

Old versions:

Name            OldVersion
----                -------
vscode           1.86.2,1.86.1
alist               3.31.0          

Describe alternatives you've considered

[goyalyashpal]

try scoop cache:

```console $ scoop -h ... cache Show or clear the download cache ... $ scoop cache -h Usage: scoop cache show|rm [app(s)] Scoop caches downloads so you don't need to download the same files when you uninstall and re-install the same version of an app. You can use scoop cache show to see what's in the cache, and scoop cache rm to remove downloads for a specific app. To clear everything in your cache, use: scoop cache rm * You can also use the `-a/--all` switch in place of `*` here $ scoop cache Total: 78 files, 4.0 GB Name Version Length URL ---- ------- ------ --- 7zip 23.01 1933312 https_www.7-zip.org_a_7z2301-x64.msi ... ```

i don't think it allow to keep to specify to "not remove" some particular cache

can you try with scoop cache rm [^(app1)(app2)(...)] where appN are names of apps? to see if it exempts those apps' cache from removal?

[xiaoxstz]

scoop cache command is used to check cache (the folder <scoop_root>/cache), rather than installed versions of apps

[goyalyashpal]

so, u r talking about multiple installations of same app for all apps?

[xiaoxstz]

yes

[rashil2000]

Try this (in PowerShell):

(scoop list).Name | % { scoop info $_ } | select name, installed | fl *

[goyalyashpal]

i faced the need for this too.

• as i just today while trying local custom manifests, found out that on scoop update doesn't remove older versions of the installs

• this might be good for some cases where reverting to old was becomes necessity, but for most of the common users, it will be headache i think.

• and the command pipeline shared above is too slow & wonky.

  (scoop list).Name | % { scoop info $_ } | select name, installed | fl *

  wonky as it operates one-by-one rather than on whole data at once. due to which format-table will clip the name/version columns. fl or format-list too is wasteful of space and not usable for inspecting all apps at once.

but yeah, thing is scoop cleanup -ak works okay. for scoop root dir, went from 28.9 G -> 22.7 G -> 17.0 G quick and easy (when combined with scoop cache rm -a too)