On Thu, 24 Feb 2022 07:10:10 -0500,
Rich Freeman wrote:
>
> On Thu, Feb 24, 2022 at 6:47 AM Dr Rainer Woitok
> <[email protected]> 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.
>
I use script for that purpose and it works great, the output is
complete and I can just say no and its all there.
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