[Cialug] Re: apt-get --pretend

[Kevin C. Smith]

On Sun, 2007-08-26 at 20:19 -0500, Todd Walton wrote:
> On 8/9/07, Todd Walton <tdwalton at gmail.com> wrote:
> > Every once in a while I want to run apt-get with the
> > don't-really-do-it-just-show-me-what-you-would-do option.  I always
> > forget what it is, so I look in the man page.  But when I try to
> > forward slash search for it in the man page, I can't remember what
> > it's called.  I end up searching for "pretend" or "fake" and then I'm
> > stumped for what else it could be.
> >
> > This happens once a month or so.  Gentoo wants me back, I think.
> 
> I'll be damned if I didn't just do it again.

apt-get -s 
think simulate

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