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 installed 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.