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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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