#1023559 show with no arguments

Package:
aptitude
Source:
aptitude
Description:
terminal-based package manager
Submitter:
Dan Jacobson
Date:
2022-11-07 11:03:05 UTC
Severity:
wishlist
Tags:
#1023559#5
Date:
2022-11-06 17:44:03 UTC
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$ aptitude show
with no arguments should print a usage message.
#1023559#10
Date:
2022-11-07 08:31:06 UTC
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Hi Dan,

Dan Jacobson wrote:

Indeed. Or at least do something useful instead of just loading the
whole DB and then exiting.

Thanks for the report!

		Regards, Axel
#1023559#17
Date:
2022-11-07 10:58:37 UTC
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To be picky, one also notices the man page says <packages>,
which means they are required:

       aptitude [<options>...] {build-dep | build-depends | changelog |
                download | forbid-version | hold | install | markauto | purge
                | reinstall | remove | show | showsrc | source | unhold |
                unmarkauto | versions} <packages>...

But for e.g., install, purge, that isn't actually the case.