> > Where would I put the -s please? > > Explanation of how to find the answer: > He was talking about 'apt' commands. > If you read 'man apt' it hints that it is a front-end to > various 'apt-*' commands like 'apt-get'. > The hints look like "apt-get(8)" which is a reference > to the 'apt-get' man page in Section 8, which can > be read using the command: > man 8 apt-get > And if you read that man page, you can find an > explanation of the -s option when used with a > 'apt-get' command.
Gotcha. I like the long option names there, almost all of which are immediately suggestive of what the change of behaviour might be: --simulate, --just-print, --dry-run, --recon, --no-act Especially: --simulate and --dry-run (for users of rsync and other commands that use the same long option name)