haampie/libtree

[feature request] Show only direct dependencies

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mid-kid commented

I'd like to list only the direct dependencies of a binary or library. Line readelf -p <file> | grep 'NEEDED' does, but with the prettier output (and more concise command) this tool provides.

This is useful for making sure I get my dependency specifications right for a package.

haampie commented

Hi mid-kid, seems like a reasonable suggestion. Maybe --max-depth 1 or --depth 1?

Would be good to check what common flag names are for those. So far it seems it's not very consistent:

  • find has -maxdepth;
  • tree has -L for level;
  • fd has -d, --max-depth
haampie commented

Can you try out the 3.1 release branch, it has --max-depth.

curl -Lfs https://raw.githubusercontent.com/haampie/libtree/release/3.1/libtree.c | ${CC:-cc} -o libtree -x c - -std=c99 -D_FILE_OFFSET_BITS=64