cvs command to see the status in a single line

We can use the command - 'cvs status'. But it is too verbose. You may not need all those details all the time.
To see the status in a single line do - cvs -q -n update
Courtesy : http://stackoverflow.com/questions/211819/is-there-a-way-to-get-a-short-cvs-status-from-command-line