[CentOS] how to find out the number of updates for a system

You might want to increase 1000 if you expect to have more than that number of updates :)

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> From: "Nux!" <nux at li.nux.ro>
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> Sent: Wednesday, 22 May, 2019 15:48:00
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> yum check-updates 2>/dev/null|grep -A1000 "^$"|grep -vc "^$"
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> ----- Original Message -----
>> From: "Ralf Prengel" <ralf.prengel at rprengel.de>
>> To: "CentOS mailing list" <centos at centos.org>
>> Sent: Wednesday, 22 May, 2019 14:42:53
>> Subject: [CentOS] how to find out the number of updates for a system
> 
>> Hallo,
>> I need the information how many updates are available for a system.
>> What is the best way to find it out in a one line bash script.
>> 
>> Von meinem iPad gesendet
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