Paccat
Print pacman package files
Usage
paccat [options] <targets> -- <files>
a target can be specified as <pkgname>
, <repo>/<pkgname>
, <url>
or <file>
.
files can be specified as just the filename or the full path.
Examples
paccat grub -- etc/default/grub
Print the contents of 'etc/default/grub' from the grub package.
paccat pacman -- pacman.conf
Print the contents of the first file named 'pacman.conf' from the pacman package.
paccat -F -- pacman.conf
Print the contents of the first file named 'pacman.conf' in the repos
paccat -x pacman mkinitcpio -- '\\.conf^'
Print the contents of all files ending in '.conf' from both the pacman and mkinitcpio packages.
paccat ~/pkgs/my-pkg-1.0.0-1.pkg.tar.zst -- myfile
Print the contents of 'myfile' from a package tarball.
paccat https://archlinux.org/packages/extra/x86_64/git/download -- git-blame.1.gz
Download and print the contents of 'git-blame.1.gz' from the git package.";