On 12/9/21, john doe <johndoe65...@mail.com> wrote: > On 12/9/2021 8:55 AM, Tim Woodall wrote: >> Does that work or is it a typo? I've always used: >> >> apt-get autoremove --purge >> > $ apt-get --help > apt 2.3.13 (amd64) > Usage: apt-get [options] command > apt-get [options] install|remove pkg1 [pkg2 ...] > apt-get [options] source pkg1 [pkg2 ...] > [snip] > > Specifying options before the command looks to be more man page > compliant...
I've seen one rare occasion where [positioning] overall really matters, but it wasn't apt-get. It was about mount'ing of ISO or img files or maybe even a third file type. My apologies that I can't remember what flag I was using. More than one flag was involved because of the more unusual mount I was attempting. One flag was expressed in front of declaring the mount point, and the other was typed in afterward. It would mount fine in one instance with one particular flag at the end (because that's how it had been advised somewhere online). That same format did NOT work for one now forgotten file type. It all had to be stated before the file and mount point declaration. It makes sense. There should be some kind of universal uniformity to best guarantee predictability of outcome across the widest range of user setups possible. For mounting, that would be to say do all these things stated here in this beginning lump to this file being mounted at this point as declared here at the end of this entire [statement]. It reminds me of "subject and predicate" sentence structuring in grammar. Cindy :) -- Cindy-Sue Causey Talking Rock, Pickens County, Georgia, USA * runs with birdseed *
