NAME

       rapt-file - APT package searching utility -- search remotely

SYNOPSIS

       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>.

                                                    May 2012                                        RAPT-FILE(1)