While making some improvements to my .bashrc file, I noticed a frequently used alias:alias install='sudo apt-get -y install'I wasn't familiar with the -y (aka --assume-yes or --yes) option with apt-get, which I learned automatically says Yes to any prompt that comes up with apt-get.This sounds handy. What's the catch?
What are the dangers with using --assume-yes with apt-get?
linux;bash;apt
You could inadvertently to agree to download and install a huge set of dependencies (e.g. if you want to install a KDE program on a machine where no KDE is installed).