apk-adbdump(8)              System Manager's Manual             apk-adbdump(8)

NAME
       apk adbdump - dump v3 files in textual representation

SYNOPSIS
       apk adbdump [<options>...] files...

DESCRIPTION
       apk adbdump will dump the metadata portion of given files (packages,
       indexes, installeddb) to its textual representation.

       The output can be:
           o   yaml with annotations as comment
           o   json data blob

       apk-adbgen(8) can convert the YAML textual representation back to the
       binary format with certain limitations (nested ADB and DATA blocks are
       not supported).

OPTIONS
       --format FORMAT
           Specify the output format (options: json, yaml)

SEE ALSO
       apk-adbgen(8), apk-package(5), apk-v3(5)

                                  2025-12-12                    apk-adbdump(8)