can't load sudo dpkg;to solve my download.help

This is a problem which appears a lot on question and answers its to do with a problem when downloading,my problem is when I try to fix it via the terminal window it does not reconise the command,and comes up with bash does not recognise the command

Please post what your are typing and what error messages you get

Thank you
Tried 'dpkg--configuration--a' which reply dash command not recognised
Tried sudo command which also does'nt work
when error was sent back it also said e cache open failed please
report originally

2009/1/3 Florian Diesch <email address hidden>:
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The real command is:
 sudo dpkg --configuration --a
With a space between dpkg and --configuration and another space before --a.
Try this and tell us.
Hope this helps, let me know.

Thank You,
It now reads unknown configuration

Roger Warburton

2009/1/3 Ariel Cabral <email address hidden>:
> Your question #56226 on Ubuntu changed:
> https://answers.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+question/56226
>
> Status: Open => Answered
>
> Ariel Cabral proposed the following answer:
> The real command is:
> sudo dpkg --configuration --a
> With a space between dpkg and --configuration and another space before --a.
> Try this and tell us.
> Hope this helps, let me know.
>
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Thanks Sam, that solved my question.