# How to find out which package would be updated by the "update" command

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**Category:** New to Julia\
**Created:** [March 19, 2019, 7:47am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/how-to-find-out-which-package-would-be-updated-by-the-update-command/22023 "2019-03-19T07:47:51Z")\
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**Author:** ![StevenSiew](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/julialang/user_avatar/discourse.julialang.org/stevensiew/32/218393_2.png) [@StevenSiew](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/StevenSiew)\
**Post date:** [March 19, 2019, 7:47am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/how-to-find-out-which-package-would-be-updated-by-the-update-command/22023/1 "2019-03-19T07:47:52Z")

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How do I find out which package(s) would be updated by “update” command without actually updating them?

```julia
$ julia
               _
   _ _ _(_)_ | Documentation: https://docs.julialang.org
  (_) | (_) (_) |
   _ _ _| |_ __ _ | Type "?" for help, "]?" for Pkg help.
  | | | | | | |/ _ | |
  | | |_| | | | (_| | | Version 1.0.3 (2018-12-18)
 _/ |\ ___|_|_|\__ _| | Official https://julialang.org/ release
|__/ |

(v1.0) julia>]
pkg> status
    Status `~/.julia/environments/v1.0/Project.toml`
  [c52e3926] Atom v0.7.12
  [6e4b80f9] BenchmarkTools v0.4.1
  [49dc2e85] Calculus v0.4.1
LOTS OF PACKAGES LISTED 

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**Author:** ![fredrikekre](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/julialang/user_avatar/discourse.julialang.org/fredrikekre/32/1688_2.png) [@fredrikekre](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/fredrikekre)\
**Post date:** [March 19, 2019, 8:24am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/how-to-find-out-which-package-would-be-updated-by-the-update-command/22023/2 "2019-03-19T08:24:46Z")

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`preview up`.