checkupdates

Tool to check pending updates in Arch Linux. More information: https://man.archlinux.org/man/checkupdates.8.

List pending updates:

checkupdates

List pending updates and download the packages to the pacman cache:

checkupdates --download

List pending updates using a specific pacman database:

CHECKUPDATES_DB={{path/to/directory}} checkupdates

Display help:

checkupdates --help