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@@ -226,11 +226,11 @@ For further information about all of these options, please see [the CVE Binary T
 
 You can get a package list of all installed packages in
 
-- a system using dpkg package manager by running `dpkg-query -W -f '${binary:Package}\n' > pkg-list`
-- a system using pacman package manager by running `pacman -Qqe > pkg-list`
-- a system using rpm package manager by running `rpm -qa --queryformat '%{NAME}\n' > pkg-list`
+- a system using dpkg package manager by running `dpkg-query -W -f '${binary:Package}\n' > pkg-list.txt`
+- a system using pacman package manager by running `pacman -Qqe > pkg-list.txt`
+- a system using rpm package manager by running `rpm -qa --queryformat '%{NAME}\n' > pkg-list.txt`
   
-in the terminal and provide it as an input by running `cve-bin-tool -L pkg-list` for a full package scan.
+in the terminal and provide it as an input by running `cve-bin-tool -L pkg-list.txt` for a full package scan.
 
 ## Configuration