How to check for modified config files on a Debian system?

To find all Debian managed configuration files which have been changed from the default you can use a command like this. dpkg-query -W -f=”${Conffiles}\n” ‘*’ | awk ‘OFS=” “{print $2,$1}’ | md5sum -c 2>/dev/null | awk -F’: ‘ ‘$2 !~ /OK/{print $1}’ Edit (works with localized systems): dpkg-query -W -f=”${Conffiles}\n” ‘*’ | awk ‘OFS=” “{print … Read more