[ubuntu-us-mi] list of packages to be upgraded

[Robert Citek]

Is there a "better" way to get a list of the packages that need upgrading?

I currently do this:

$ sudo apt-get update >& /dev/null && sudo apt-get -s dist-upgrade   |
grep ^Inst | cut -d" " -f2

I was just wondering if there was another way that may be more simple
or more accepted.

Regards,
- Robert