Hi! On Fri, 2017-06-16 at 00:35:37 +1000, Stuart Prescott wrote: > > What is `apt-helper cat-file' and how does it help ?
> $ apt-file search apt-helper > apt: /usr/lib/apt/apt-helper > $ /usr/lib/apt/apt-helper download-file > http://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/sid/main/binary-amd64/Packages.xz > Packages.xz > Get:1 http://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/sid/main/binary-amd64/Packages.xz > [7,547 kB] > Fetched 7,547 kB in 5s (1,446 kB/s) > > $ /usr/lib/apt/apt-helper cat-file Packages.xz | less And it can be combined with «apt-get indextargets» which makes it even more useful, for example with something like: $ apt-get indextargets --format '$(FILENAME)' "Created-by: Packages" \ | xargs /usr/lib/apt/apt-helper cat-file Please see apt-get(8), and acquire-additional-files.txt in the apt-doc package. Thanks, Guillem
