#arch-linux

app paccat

Print pacman package files

4 releases (2 stable)

1.1.0 Jan 2, 2024
1.0.0 Dec 4, 2023
0.2.0 Nov 4, 2021
0.1.0 Oct 14, 2021

#919 in Unix APIs

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GPL-3.0 license

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Paccat

Print pacman package files

Usage

    paccat [options] <target> <files>
    paccat [options] <targets> -- <files>
    paccat [options] -<Q|F> <files>
    paccat [options] -<Q|F> [targets] -- <files>

a target can be specified as <pkgname>, <repo>/<pkgname>, <url> or <file>.

Files can be specified as just the filename or the full path.

Examples

paccat grub etc/default/grub

Print the contents of 'etc/default/grub' from the grub package.


paccat pacman pacman.conf

Print the contents of the first file named 'pacman.conf' from the pacman package.


paccat -F pacman.conf

Print the contents of the first file named 'pacman.conf' in the repos


paccat -x pacman mkinitcpio -- '\\.conf$'

Print the contents of all files ending in '.conf' from both the pacman and mkinitcpio packages.


paccat ~/pkgs/my-pkg-1.0.0-1.pkg.tar.zst myfile

Print the contents of 'myfile' from a package tarball.


paccat https://archlinux.org/packages/extra/x86_64/git/download git-blame.1.gz

Download and print the contents of 'git-blame.1.gz' from the git package.";

Dependencies

~5.5–8MB
~142K SLoC