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Diffstat (limited to 'man/C/dpkg-deb.1')
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1 files changed, 23 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/man/C/dpkg-deb.1 b/man/C/dpkg-deb.1 index 6db9f21a7..9d62bc74e 100644 --- a/man/C/dpkg-deb.1 +++ b/man/C/dpkg-deb.1 @@ -19,14 +19,20 @@ dpkg\-deb - Debian package archive (.deb) manipulation tool .I archive .br .B dpkg\-deb +.BR \-W | \-\-show +.RB " [" \-\-showformat\fR=\fIformat "]" +.I archive +.br +.B dpkg\-deb .BR \-x | \-\-extract | \-X | \-\-vextract .I archive directory .br +.B dpkg\-deb +.BR \-e | \-\-control +.I archive directory +.br .B dpkg\-deb \-\-fsys\-tarfile .I archive -.br -.B dpkg\-deb \-\-control -.I archive directory .SH DESCRIPTION .B dpkg\-deb packs, unpacks and provides information about Debian archives. @@ -117,6 +123,20 @@ will print them in the order they were specified; if any of the components weren't present it will print an error message to stderr about each one and exit with status 2. .TP +.BR \-\-show ", " \-W +Provides information about a binary package archive in the format +specified by the +.B \-\-showformat +argument. + +This argument is a string that may reference any status field using the +"${\fIfield-name\fR}" form, a list of the valid fields can be easily +produced using +.B -I +on the same package. + +The default for this field is "${Package}\\t${Version}\\n". +.TP .BR \-\-field ", " \-f Extracts control file information from a binary package archive. |