/e-file-py

A Python clone of e-file

Primary LanguagePython

e-file-py README

e-file-py is designed to be a Python replacement of e-file (however may not yet be an adequent replacement), a script of bones7456 to query Portage File List without opening a browser, which was broken since the PFL update.

Dependency

  • >= Python 3.2

  • Beautiful Soup 4

  • (Optional, but preferred) A Gentoo system :-)

  • (Optional, but highly recommended) Courage to face a million bugs

Usage

You happen to meet yet another lazy script author…​ Please ask e-file-py --help for help instead.

Examples

  • Find packages containing a file named du:

    $ python3 e-file-py.py du

  • Find packages containing a file named du and print as a raw category/package list:

    $ python3 e-file-py.py --fmtstrset raw_uniq du

  • Find packages containing a file named du with detailed version information:

    $ python3 e-file-py.py -U du

  • Find packages containing a file named du with detailed version information and print as a raw category/package-version list:

    $ python3 e-file-py.py --fmtstrset raw_allver -U du

  • List the contents of sys-apps/coreutils-8.16:

    # The following commands work on Gentoo systems only
$ python3 e-file-py.py -l sys-apps/coreutils-8.16
$ python3 e-file-py.py -l coreutils-8.16
    # The following command works on non-Gentoo systems, too
$ python3 e-file-py.py -l sys-apps coreutils 8.16

  • List all recorded versions of sys-apps/coreutils:

    # The following command works on Gentoo systems only
$ python3 e-file-py.py -L coreutils
    # The following command works on non-Gentoo systems, too
$ python3 e-file-py.py -L sys-apps/coreutils

FAQ

To be written…​