NAME¶
dglob - Expand package names or files matching a pattern
SYNOPSIS¶
dglob [
-a]
pattern
dglob [
-0]
-f pattern
DESCRIPTION¶
dglob lists packages names matching a pattern. It can also list all the
files they contain. By default
dglob only searches installed packages;
the
-a switch widens the search (see "OPTIONS"). The list is
written to stdout, one name per line.
grep-dctrl(1) and
grep-aptavail(1) are used to search the list of
packages, so you should refer to its documentation for information on how
patterns are matched. By default, all packages whose name contains the given
string will be matched, but several options are available to modify this
behavior (see "OPTIONS").
If you use dglob with the
-f option, all files in the matched packages
are listed instead of their names. If you do not use de
-a switch, only
existing, plain (i.e. no symlinks, directories or other special ones) files
are listed. If the
-a switch is use then all files will be listed both
for installed and non-installed packages. The filenames are written to stdout,
one file per line. You can use the
-0 option to get the filenames
separated by '\0' instead of a newline.
OPTIONS¶
dglob supports the following options:
- -a
- Search through all available packages, not just installed ones. If set,
grep-aptavail(1) is used.
- -f
- List all files in the matched packages. By default, this lists only
installed (i.e. locally existing) files from installed packages. If used
together with -a then it will list all files both of installed and
non-installed packages by mean of apt-file(1). If apt-file is not
installed, using -f together with -a is rather
pointless.
- -0
- When listing files (with -f) use '\0' as a separator instead of a
newline. When specified without -f, this options does nothing.
- -r, -e, -i, -X, -v
- These options are passed directly to grep-dctrl(1) or to
grep-aptavail(1) to modify how the pattern is matched. See
grep-dctrl(1).
FILES¶
- /var/lib/dpkg/status
- dpkg(8) status file, which serves as source for the list of
available and installed packages.
AUTHOR¶
Matt Zimmerman <mdz@debian.org>
This manpage was written by Frank Lichtenheld <frank@lichtenheld.de>, and
further enhanced by Javier Fernandez-Sanguino <jfs@debian.org>.
COPYRIGHT AND LICENCE¶
Copyright (C) 2001 Matt Zimmerman <mdz@debian.org>.
This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under
the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by the Free Software
Foundation; either version 2, or (at your option) any later version.
On Debian systems, a copy of the GNU General Public License may be found in
/usr/share/common-licenses/GPL.
SEE ALSO¶
grep-dctrl(1),
grep-available(1),
apt-file(1),
dpkg(8)