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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 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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