Oh wow, I have always thought the y stands for “yes to any questions” turns out it has a --noconfirm

Should have read the man page…

-y, --refresh
           Download a fresh copy of the master package databases (repo.db) from the server(s)
           defined in pacman.conf(5). This should typically be used each time you use
           --sysupgrade or -u. Passing two --refresh or -y flags will force a refresh of all
           package databases, even if they appear to be up-to-date.

Noob here what is the difference?

also why would an extra but the same character y make a difference? Is that common in the arch linux ecosystem?