On Thu, Feb 24, 2022 at 6:47 AM Dr Rainer Woitok <rainer.woi...@gmail.com> wrote: > > since the output of "emerge -a" might be long, and since on a stock con- > sole you cannot scroll, I had the idea of piping it into "tee", and in > case I'm unsure just to say "No" to the question of whether or not I > would like to merge these packages and then to inspect the "emerge" out- > put more closely using an editor.
Wouldn't it be more appropriate to use -p in this case, which will require no input? I haven't dug into the man page, but I'm sure there are also options that are more intended to make the output more suitable for parsing/etc. -- Rich