Will the softwareupdate command be deprecated in BigSur? What is the alternative terminal command options for software update?

kalaisr wrote:

Will the softwareupdate command be deprecated in BigSur?

No.

See: https://www.maketecheasier.com/update-mac-using-terminal/

kalaisr wrote:

Will the softwareupdate command be deprecated in BigSur? What is the alternative terminal command line options for software update?

MacBook Air (2020 or later)

What exactly is the issue....

>System Preferences>Software Update

Terminal softwareupdate -l - (list all available updates) And output, if listing 11.6 - use in below command

Terminal softwareupdate --fetch-full-installer --full-installer-version 11.6