pacman-deptest:tldr:97974

The command pacman --deptest "${bash>=5}" is using the pacman package manager in Arch Linux to check if the bash package with a version greater than or equal to 5 is installed.

Here's a breakdown of the command:

• pacman: It is the command-line package manager for Arch Linux.
• --deptest: This flag is used to perform a dependency test rather than actually installing or upgrading any packages.
• "${bash>=5}": This is a conditional expression used to specify the package name and version. In this case, it checks if the package bash is installed with a version greater than or equal to 5. The expression "${bash>=5}" evaluates to bash>=5 which is passed as an argument to pacman for dependency testing.

So, the command is basically checking if the bash package with a version greater than or equal to 5 is installed in the system without making any changes to the package installation.