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Q&A How do I customize the output format of `apt search`?

With some pipes and apt-cache(8) search you can do it: $ apt-cache search libbsd | grep '^[^ ]*libbsd' | tr "\t" " " | sed 's/ -/\t-/' | column -t -s$'\t' | sort libbsd-arc4random-perl - CPAN's ...

posted 4mo ago by alx‭  ·  edited 4mo ago by alx‭

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#3: Post edited by user avatar alx‭ · 2024-07-31T06:37:01Z (4 months ago)
  • With some pipes and apt-cache(8) search you can do it:
  • ```sh
  • $ apt-cache search libbsd | grep '^[^ ]*libbsd' | tr "\t" " " | sed 's/ -/\t-/' | column -t -s$'\t'
  • libbsd-dev - utility functions from BSD systems - development files
  • libbsd0 - utility functions from BSD systems - shared library
  • libbsd-arc4random-perl - CPAN's BSD::arc4random -- Perl bindings for arc4random
  • libbsd-resource-perl - BSD process resource limit and priority functions
  • ```
  • This is quite similar to what aptitude seems to print, except for the first field, which seems to be from dpkg(1); maybe with some extra pipes you could get the info from dpkg(1), if you really want it. ;)
  • (Here's what I see with aptitude:)
  • ```sh
  • $ aptitude search libbsd
  • p libbsd-arc4random-perl - CPAN's BSD::arc4random -- Perl bindings for arc4rand
  • i libbsd-dev - utility functions from BSD systems - development fil
  • p libbsd-resource-perl - BSD process resource limit and priority functions
  • i libbsd0 - utility functions from BSD systems - shared library
  • ```
  • With some pipes and apt-cache(8) search you can do it:
  • ```sh
  • $ apt-cache search libbsd | grep '^[^ ]*libbsd' | tr "\t" " " | sed 's/ -/\t-/' | column -t -s$'\t' | sort
  • libbsd-arc4random-perl - CPAN's BSD::arc4random -- Perl bindings for arc4random
  • libbsd-dev - utility functions from BSD systems - development files
  • libbsd-resource-perl - BSD process resource limit and priority functions
  • libbsd0 - utility functions from BSD systems - shared library
  • ```
  • This is quite similar to what aptitude seems to print, except for the first field, which seems to be from dpkg(1); maybe with some extra pipes you could get the info from dpkg(1), if you really want it. ;)
  • (Here's what I see with aptitude:)
  • ```sh
  • $ aptitude search libbsd
  • p libbsd-arc4random-perl - CPAN's BSD::arc4random -- Perl bindings for arc4rand
  • i libbsd-dev - utility functions from BSD systems - development fil
  • p libbsd-resource-perl - BSD process resource limit and priority functions
  • i libbsd0 - utility functions from BSD systems - shared library
  • ```
#2: Post edited by user avatar alx‭ · 2024-07-31T06:35:40Z (4 months ago)
  • With some pipes and apt-cache search you can do it:
  • ```sh
  • $ apt-cache search libbsd | grep '^[^ ]*libbsd' | tr "\t" " " | sed 's/ -/\t-/' | column -t -s$'\t'
  • libbsd-dev - utility functions from BSD systems - development files
  • libbsd0 - utility functions from BSD systems - shared library
  • libbsd-arc4random-perl - CPAN's BSD::arc4random -- Perl bindings for arc4random
  • libbsd-resource-perl - BSD process resource limit and priority functions
  • ```
  • This is quite similar to what aptitude seems to print, except for the first field, which seems to be from dpkg(1); maybe with some extra pipes you could get the info from dpkg(1), if you really want it. ;)
  • (Here's what I see with aptitude:)
  • ```sh
  • $ aptitude search libbsd
  • p libbsd-arc4random-perl - CPAN's BSD::arc4random -- Perl bindings for arc4rand
  • i libbsd-dev - utility functions from BSD systems - development fil
  • p libbsd-resource-perl - BSD process resource limit and priority functions
  • i libbsd0 - utility functions from BSD systems - shared library
  • ```
  • With some pipes and apt-cache(8) search you can do it:
  • ```sh
  • $ apt-cache search libbsd | grep '^[^ ]*libbsd' | tr "\t" " " | sed 's/ -/\t-/' | column -t -s$'\t'
  • libbsd-dev - utility functions from BSD systems - development files
  • libbsd0 - utility functions from BSD systems - shared library
  • libbsd-arc4random-perl - CPAN's BSD::arc4random -- Perl bindings for arc4random
  • libbsd-resource-perl - BSD process resource limit and priority functions
  • ```
  • This is quite similar to what aptitude seems to print, except for the first field, which seems to be from dpkg(1); maybe with some extra pipes you could get the info from dpkg(1), if you really want it. ;)
  • (Here's what I see with aptitude:)
  • ```sh
  • $ aptitude search libbsd
  • p libbsd-arc4random-perl - CPAN's BSD::arc4random -- Perl bindings for arc4rand
  • i libbsd-dev - utility functions from BSD systems - development fil
  • p libbsd-resource-perl - BSD process resource limit and priority functions
  • i libbsd0 - utility functions from BSD systems - shared library
  • ```
#1: Initial revision by user avatar alx‭ · 2024-07-31T06:35:24Z (4 months ago)
With some pipes and apt-cache search you can do it:

```sh
$ apt-cache search libbsd | grep '^[^ ]*libbsd' | tr "\t" " " | sed 's/ -/\t-/' | column -t -s$'\t'
libbsd-dev              - utility functions from BSD systems - development files
libbsd0                 - utility functions from BSD systems - shared library
libbsd-arc4random-perl  - CPAN's BSD::arc4random -- Perl bindings for arc4random
libbsd-resource-perl    - BSD process resource limit and priority functions
```

This is quite similar to what aptitude seems to print, except for the first field, which seems to be from dpkg(1); maybe with some extra pipes you could get the info from dpkg(1), if you really want it.  ;)

(Here's what I see with aptitude:)

```sh
$ aptitude search libbsd
p   libbsd-arc4random-perl                     - CPAN's BSD::arc4random -- Perl bindings for arc4rand
i   libbsd-dev                                 - utility functions from BSD systems - development fil
p   libbsd-resource-perl                       - BSD process resource limit and priority functions   
i   libbsd0                                    - utility functions from BSD systems - shared library 
```