Controlling the output

sbbdep has two types of output:

  • Information messages — e.g. cache synchronisation status

  • Result messages — query results

By default both go to standard output.

--quiet

Suppresses information messages. Query results are still printed.

-f / --file

Writes query results to the specified file instead of standard output.
The file is created if it does not exist.

-v / --version

Prints the version of sbbdep and exits.

-h / --help

Prints the help text and exits.