dglob(1)
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 dglobl 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) is 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. Only existing, plain (i.e. no
symlinks, directories or other special ones) files are listed. 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.
- -f List all files in the matched packages. This list only installed
- (i.e. locally existing) files from installed packages, so using it 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) 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>.
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.