DWWW-QUICKFIND(8) Debian DWWW-QUICKFIND(8)
NAME
dwww-quickfind - find quickly which package a program belongs to.
SYNOPSIS
dwww-quickfind --build [dbfile]
dwww-quickfind argument [dbfile]
DESCRIPTION
dwww-quickfind is part of the dwww package, which provides access to
on-line documentation on a Debian system via WWW.
dwww-quickfind searches for a package or program named in argument us-
ing the database file dbfile. The output consists of names of packages
installed in the system, which contain given program, or which name is
same as given in argument Each package name is printed in a separate
line. Each package name can be optionally followed by a colon and a
space-separated list of names of related packages (i.e. built from the
same source package).
If used with --build, dwww-quickfind builds programs database and
stores it in the dbfile, basing on data passed on standard input. This
is used internally by dwww-refresh-cache(8).
EXAMPLES
1. `id' is a part of `coreutils' package
$ /usr/sbin/dwww-quickfind id
coreutils
2. `apt-get' can be found in `apt' package, and there are a few other
packages built from the same source:
$ /usr/sbin/dwww-quickfind apt-get
apt: apt-transport-https apt-utils libapt-pkg6.0
FILES
/var/cache/dwww/quickfind.dat
Default file used as the database file.
SEE ALSO
dwww(7), dwww-find(8), dwww-refresh-cache(8).
AUTHOR
Lars Wirzenius.
See dwww(7) for copyrights and stuff.
dwww 1.14 December 21th, 2020 DWWW-QUICKFIND(8)
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