alpm-db-desc-format(1) General Commands Manual alpm-db-desc-format(1)

alpm-db-desc-format - Parse and output a DB desc file in a different format

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

Parse and output a DB desc file in a different format

Provide the schema version to use.

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

Provide the output format

Possible values:

json: The JSON output format
Pretty-print the output
Print help (see a summary with '-h')
[FILE]
Provide the file to read
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