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 using
the database file dbfile. The output consists of names of packages in-
stalled 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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