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rapt-file

APT package searching utility -- search remotely

          rapt-file
          options
          action
          pattern

## DESCRIPTION

`rapt-file` is a command line tool for searching files in packages for the APT package management system. It differs from apt-file in that it works with remote package indices, so it doesn't need to download full Contents files.

find

- Alias for `search`.

list

- List the contents of a package matching the `pattern` pattern. This action is very close to the `dpkg -L` command except the package does not need to be installed or fetched.

search

- Search in which package a file is included. A list of all packages containing the `pattern` pattern is returned.

  rapt-file will only search for filenames, not directory names. This is due to the format of the Contents files it searches.

show

- Alias for `list`.

## OPTIONS

`-a, --architecture` architecture

- Sets architecture to `architecture`. This option is useful if you search a package for a different architecture from the one installed on your system. It determines how the `$ARCH` variable in sources.list is expanded (but it does not influence the search in any other way).

`-l, --package-only`

- Only display package name; do not display file names.

`-v, --verbose`

- Run `rapt-file` in verbose mode.

`-h, --help`

- Display a short help screen.

## FILES

`/etc/apt/sources.list`

- Locations to fetch package contents from.

`/etc/apt/sources.list.d/`

- Directory with additional sources.list snippets

## AUTHOR

`rapt-file` was written by Enrico Zini enrico@debian.org.