alpm-srcinfo-format(1) General Commands Manual alpm-srcinfo-format(1)

alpm-srcinfo-format - Format a SRCINFO file from a path or `stdin`

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

Format a SRCINFO file from a path or `stdin`.

If the file is valid, the program prints the data in the requested file format to stdout and returns with an exit status of 0.

Provide the SRCINFO schema version to use.

If no schema version is provided, it will be deduced from the file itself.

Provide the output format

Possible values:

  • json: The JSON output format
  • srcinfo: The SRCINFO output format
Pretty-print the output.

Only applies to formats that support pretty output and is otherwise ignored.

Print help (see a summary with '-h')
[FILE]
The file to read from.

If no file is provided, stdin is used instead.

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