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NAME

       dglob - Expand package names or files matching a pattern

SYNOPSIS

       dglob [-a] pattern

       dglob [-0] -f pattern

DESCRIPTION

       dglob lists packages names matching a pattern. It can also list all the files they contain. By default
       dglob only searches installed packages; the -a and -n switch widens the search (see "OPTIONS"). The list
       is written to stdout, one name per line.

       grep-dctrl(1) and grep-aptavail(1) are used to search the list of packages, so you should refer to its
       documentation for information on how patterns are matched.  By default, all packages whose name contains
       the given string will be matched, but several options are available to modify this behavior (see
       "OPTIONS").

       If you use dglob with the -f option, all files in the matched packages are listed instead of their names.
       If you do not use de -a switch, only existing, plain (i.e. no symlinks, directories or other special
       ones) files are listed. If the -a switch is use then all files will be listed both for installed and non-
       installed packages. The filenames are written to stdout, one file per line. You can use the -0 option to
       get the filenames separated by '\0' instead of a newline.

OPTIONS

       dglob supports the following options:

       -a  Search through all available packages, not just installed ones.  If set, grep-aptavail(1) is used.

       -n  Search through all the available packages but not including installed ones.  If set, grep-aptavail(1)
           is used.

       -f  List all files in the matched packages. By default, this lists only installed (i.e.  locally
           existing) files from installed packages. If used together with -a then it will list all files both of
           installed and non-installed packages by mean of apt-file(1). If apt-file is not installed, using -f
           together with -a is rather pointless.

       -0  When listing files (with -f) use '\0' as a separator instead of a newline. When specified without -f,
           this options does nothing.

       -r, -e, -i, -X, -v
           These options are passed directly to grep-dctrl(1) or to grep-aptavail(1) to modify how the pattern
           is matched.  See grep-dctrl(1).

FILES

       /var/lib/dpkg/status
           dpkg(8) status file, which serves as source for the list of available and installed packages.

AUTHOR

       Matt Zimmerman <mdz@debian.org>

       This manpage was written by Frank Lichtenheld <frank@lichtenheld.de>, and further enhanced by Javier
       Fernandez-Sanguino <jfs@debian.org>.

COPYRIGHT AND LICENCE

       Copyright (C) 2001 Matt Zimmerman <mdz@debian.org>.

       This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of the GNU
       General Public License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either version 2, or (at your
       option) any later version.

       On Debian systems, a copy of the GNU General Public License version 2 can be found in
       /usr/share/common-licenses/GPL-2.

SEE ALSO

       grep-dctrl(1), grep-available(1), apt-file(1), dpkg(8)