How to simple create backup for all packages in FreeBSD

Create and go to the folder where you want create backup packages

# mkdir /BACKUP && cd /BACKUP

Create list file packages for next editing to our script

# ls -1 /var/db/pkg/ > list.sh

Edit list.sh
replace "\n" to " && pkg_create -v -b "
move last " && pkg_create -v -b " to begin file
remove first " && " from the begin
go to start line
insert "#!/usr/local/bin/bash"
create new line

Make file executable

chmod +x list.sh

Execute script

# ./list.sh

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