alpm-db-desc-format(1)

alpm-db-desc-format1

Parse and output a db desc file in a different format

Usage

alpm-db-desc format [{-s | --schema}] [{-o | --output-format}] [{-p | --pretty}] [{-h | --help}] [FILE]

Overview

Parse and output a DB desc file in a different format

Options

-s, --schema <VERSION>

Provide the schema version to use.

If not provided, the schema version will be detected from the file.

-o, --output-format <OUTPUT_FORMAT> [default: json]

Provide the output format

Possible values:

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json: The JSON output format

-p, --pretty

Pretty-print the output

-h, --help

Print help (see a summary with '-h')

[FILE]

Provide the file to read

From alpm-db 0.3.0-1 in Arch Linux 2026-11-01. Parsed by carta from the page's man source.