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--- Begin Message ---Package: apt Version: 1.8.2.1 Severity: normal I've completely switched to using "apt" for all debian package management. I'm fine with the "apt" tool, it fits all my needs except one... serarching. For example I look for package to read/write JSON data in perl. In old days I used the command "apt-cache search" like this: leszek@len530:~$ apt-cache search perl | egrep JSON | egrep -i data and the result was simple: libjson-perl - module for manipulating JSON-formatted data libjson-xs-perl - module for manipulating JSON-formatted data (C/XS-accelerated) libcatmandu-importer-getjson-perl - load JSON-encoded data from a server using a GET HTTP request libjson-pp-perl - module for manipulating JSON-formatted data (Pure Perl) libjson-validator-perl - module to validate data against a JSON schema libtest-deep-json-perl - Test::Deep plugin for comparing JSON data libtest-json-perl - module for testing JSON data Because "apt search" (not "apt-cache search", just "apt") shows each package on two lines, then grepping results is not possible. I've looked at man pages, internet sites to find soultion. Other people have the same problem. The soultion is to change "apt search" output: leszek@len530:~$ apt search perl JSON data from: libxml-atom-microformats-perl/focal,focal 0.004-3 all parse microformats in Atom content php-json-schema/focal,focal 5.2.9-1 all implementation of JSON schema php-services-json/focal,focal 1.0.3-1build1 all PHP implementaion of json_encode/decode vim-syntastic/focal,focal 3.10.0-2 all Syntax checking hacks for vim to: libxml-atom-microformats-perl/focal,focal 0.004-3 all parse microformats in Atom content php-json-schema/focal,focal 5.2.9-1 all implementation of JSON schema php-services-json/focal,focal 1.0.3-1build1 all PHP implementaion of json_encode/decode vim-syntastic/focal,focal 3.10.0-2 all Syntax checking hacks for vim It would make life lot easier. -- Package-specific info: -- apt-config dump -- APT ""; APT::Architecture "amd64"; APT::Build-Essential ""; APT::Build-Essential:: "build-essential"; APT::Install-Recommends "false"; APT::Install-Suggests "false"; APT::Sandbox ""; APT::Sandbox::User "_apt"; APT::Authentication ""; APT::Authentication::TrustCDROM "true"; APT::NeverAutoRemove ""; APT::NeverAutoRemove:: "^firmware-linux.*"; APT::NeverAutoRemove:: "^linux-firmware$"; APT::NeverAutoRemove:: "^linux-image-[a-z0-9]*$"; APT::NeverAutoRemove:: "^linux-image-[a-z0-9]*-[a-z0-9]*$"; APT::NeverAutoRemove:: "^linux-image-4\.19\.0-8-amd64$"; APT::NeverAutoRemove:: "^linux-image-4\.19\.0-9-amd64$"; APT::NeverAutoRemove:: "^linux-headers-4\.19\.0-8-amd64$"; APT::NeverAutoRemove:: "^linux-headers-4\.19\.0-9-amd64$"; APT::NeverAutoRemove:: "^linux-image-extra-4\.19\.0-8-amd64$"; APT::NeverAutoRemove:: "^linux-image-extra-4\.19\.0-9-amd64$"; APT::NeverAutoRemove:: "^linux-modules-4\.19\.0-8-amd64$"; APT::NeverAutoRemove:: "^linux-modules-4\.19\.0-9-amd64$"; APT::NeverAutoRemove:: "^linux-modules-extra-4\.19\.0-8-amd64$"; APT::NeverAutoRemove:: "^linux-modules-extra-4\.19\.0-9-amd64$"; APT::NeverAutoRemove:: "^linux-signed-image-4\.19\.0-8-amd64$"; APT::NeverAutoRemove:: "^linux-signed-image-4\.19\.0-9-amd64$"; APT::NeverAutoRemove:: "^linux-image-unsigned-4\.19\.0-8-amd64$"; APT::NeverAutoRemove:: "^linux-image-unsigned-4\.19\.0-9-amd64$"; APT::NeverAutoRemove:: "^kfreebsd-image-4\.19\.0-8-amd64$"; APT::NeverAutoRemove:: "^kfreebsd-image-4\.19\.0-9-amd64$"; APT::NeverAutoRemove:: "^kfreebsd-headers-4\.19\.0-8-amd64$"; APT::NeverAutoRemove:: "^kfreebsd-headers-4\.19\.0-9-amd64$"; APT::NeverAutoRemove:: "^gnumach-image-4\.19\.0-8-amd64$"; APT::NeverAutoRemove:: "^gnumach-image-4\.19\.0-9-amd64$"; APT::NeverAutoRemove:: "^.*-modules-4\.19\.0-8-amd64$"; APT::NeverAutoRemove:: "^.*-modules-4\.19\.0-9-amd64$"; APT::NeverAutoRemove:: "^.*-kernel-4\.19\.0-8-amd64$"; APT::NeverAutoRemove:: "^.*-kernel-4\.19\.0-9-amd64$"; APT::NeverAutoRemove:: "^linux-backports-modules-.*-4\.19\.0-8-amd64$"; APT::NeverAutoRemove:: "^linux-backports-modules-.*-4\.19\.0-9-amd64$"; APT::NeverAutoRemove:: "^linux-modules-.*-4\.19\.0-8-amd64$"; APT::NeverAutoRemove:: "^linux-modules-.*-4\.19\.0-9-amd64$"; APT::NeverAutoRemove:: "^linux-tools-4\.19\.0-8-amd64$"; 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CommandLine::AsString "apt-config dump"; -- (no /etc/apt/preferences present) -- -- (no /etc/apt/preferences.d/* present) -- -- /etc/apt/sources.list -- deb http://httpredir.debian.org/debian buster main deb http://httpredir.debian.org/debian buster-updates main deb http://security.debian.org buster/updates main -- (no /etc/apt/sources.list.d/* present) -- -- System Information: Debian Release: 10.4 APT prefers stable-updates APT policy: (500, 'stable-updates'), (500, 'stable') Architecture: amd64 (x86_64) Kernel: Linux 4.19.0-9-amd64 (SMP w/4 CPU cores) Locale: LANG=pl_PL.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=pl_PL.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8), LANGUAGE=pl_PL.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8) Shell: /bin/sh linked to /usr/bin/dash Init: systemd (via /run/systemd/system) Versions of packages apt depends on: ii adduser 3.118 ii debian-archive-keyring 2019.1 ii gpgv 2.2.12-1+deb10u1 ii libapt-pkg5.0 1.8.2.1 ii libc6 2.28-10 ii libgcc1 1:8.3.0-6 ii libgnutls30 3.6.7-4+deb10u3 ii libseccomp2 2.3.3-4 ii libstdc++6 8.3.0-6 Versions of packages apt recommends: ii ca-certificates 20190110 Versions of packages apt suggests: pn apt-doc <none> pn aptitude | synaptic | wajig <none> pn dpkg-dev <none> ii gnupg 2.2.12-1+deb10u1 pn powermgmt-base <none> -- no debconf information
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--- Begin Message ---On Sun, May 24, 2020 at 11:54:42AM +0200, Leszek Dubiel wrote: > Package: apt > Version: 1.8.2.1 > Severity: normal > > I've completely switched to using "apt" for all debian package management. I'm > fine with the "apt" tool, it fits all my needs except one... serarching. > > For example I look for package to read/write JSON data in perl. In old days I > used the command "apt-cache search" like this: > > leszek@len530:~$ apt-cache search perl | egrep JSON | egrep -i data > > and the result was simple: > > libjson-perl - module for manipulating JSON-formatted data > libjson-xs-perl - module for manipulating JSON-formatted data > (C/XS-accelerated) > libcatmandu-importer-getjson-perl - load JSON-encoded data from a > server using a GET HTTP request > libjson-pp-perl - module for manipulating JSON-formatted data (Pure > Perl) > libjson-validator-perl - module to validate data against a JSON schema > libtest-deep-json-perl - Test::Deep plugin for comparing JSON data > libtest-json-perl - module for testing JSON data > > > Because "apt search" (not "apt-cache search", just "apt") shows each package > on > two lines, then grepping results is not possible. > > I've looked at man pages, internet sites to find soultion. Other people have > the > same problem. > > The soultion is to change "apt search" output: > > leszek@len530:~$ apt search perl JSON data > > from: > > libxml-atom-microformats-perl/focal,focal 0.004-3 all > parse microformats in Atom content > > php-json-schema/focal,focal 5.2.9-1 all > implementation of JSON schema > > php-services-json/focal,focal 1.0.3-1build1 all > PHP implementaion of json_encode/decode > > vim-syntastic/focal,focal 3.10.0-2 all > Syntax checking hacks for vim > > to: > > libxml-atom-microformats-perl/focal,focal 0.004-3 all parse > microformats in Atom content > php-json-schema/focal,focal 5.2.9-1 all implementation of JSON schema > php-services-json/focal,focal 1.0.3-1build1 all PHP implementaion of > json_encode/decode > vim-syntastic/focal,focal 3.10.0-2 all Syntax checking hacks for vim > > It would make life lot easier. It's a feature, not a bug. It's significantly easier to read. Future versions of apt search will also * pipe output through a pager, so just search in there * support searching via patterns, so just search that way (see apt-patterns manpage, plus there'll be ?description pattern) As to scriptable interfaces - we're still working on how to make apt usable in scripts while maintaining our ability to break the behavior and output formats. There will probably be some sort of compat levels and/or output format specifiers at a future point, at which point apt will be useful in scripts. -- debian developer - deb.li/jak | jak-linux.org - free software dev ubuntu core developer i speak de, en
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