debtags 2.1

usage: debtags [-h] [--version] [--verbose] [--debug] {tag,cat,grep,check,diff,mkpatch,search,dumpavail,show,submit,tagcat,tagshow,tagsearch,update,vocfilter} ... Command line interface to access and manipulate Debian Package Tags optional arguments: -h, --help show this help message and exit --version show program's version number and exit --verbose, -v enable verbose output --debug enable debugging output (including verbose output) subcommands: valid subcommands {tag,cat,grep,check,diff,mkpatch,search,dumpavail,show,submit,tagcat,tagshow,tagsearch,update,vocfilter} additional help tag (not implemented anymore) cat (grep) output the lines of the full package tag database that match the given tag expression. A tag expression (given as a single argument) is an arbitrarily complex binary expression of tag names. For example: role::program && ((use::editing || use::viewing) && !works-with::text) check Check that all the tags in the given tagged collection are present in the tag vocabulary. Checks the main database if no file is specified diff (mkpatch) Create a tag patch between the current tag database and the tag collection [filename]. Standard input is used if filename is not specified search (dumpavail) Output the packages matching the given tag expression show (deprecated) mostly the same as apt-cache show <pkgnames> submit (no longer supported) see https://debtags.debian.org/api/patch for patch submit. tagcat Output the tag vocabulary tagshow Show the vocabulary information about a tag tagsearch Show a summary of all tags whose data contains the given strings update Updates the package tag database (requires root) Collect package tag data from apt cache, regenerate the debtags tag database and main index. It needs to be run as root vocfilter Filter out the tags that are not found in the given vocabulary file