To be picky, one also notices the man page says ,
which means they are required:
aptitude [...] {build-dep | build-depends | changelog |
download | forbid-version | hold | install | markauto | purge
| reinstall | remove | show | showsrc | source | unhold |
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Bug #1023559 [aptitude] show with no arguments
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Hi Dan,
Dan Jacobson wrote:
> Package: aptitude
> Version: 0.8.13-5
> Severity: wishlist
>
> $ aptitude show
> with no arguments should print a usage message.
Indeed. Or at least do something useful instead of just loading the
whole DB and then exiting.
Thanks for t