Can I avoid apt?

[Colin Law]

On 24 September 2017 at 03:39, Kevin O'Gorman <kogorman at gmail.com> wrote:
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> I see that apt-get has been replaced by apt, sort of.
>
> I don't like apt.  I'm in the habit of doing my updates under the script(1) command and that banner that apt puts at the bottom of the screen makes the files unreadable.
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> Is there a way to disable it?  Possibly by lying to apt about my terminal's capabilities?

I think you forgot to attach the script.

I don't see any banner at the bottom of the screen. Can you give more details?

Colin