alpm-db-desc-format(1)

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🌸 NAME 🌸

alpm-db-desc-format — Parse and output a DB desc file in a different format. That’s the whole name and the whole mission, no cap. 💅

✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

       alpm-db-desc format [-s|--schema] [-o|--output-format] [-p|--pretty]
       [-h|--help] [FILE]

💜 DESCRIPTION 💜

Parse and output a DB desc file in a different format. That’s it, bestie: it parses a DB desc file and outputs it in a different format. Simple, clean, main-character energy. 🎀

🎀 OPTIONS 🎀

• -s, --schema <VERSION> — Provide the schema version to use. If you don’t provide it, the schema version will be detected from the file. So yeah, it can vibe-check the file for you. ✨
• -o, --output-format <OUTPUT_FORMAT> [default: json] — Provide the output format. The default is json, in case you were wondering. Possible values:
  • json — The JSON output format. That’s the value listed, and it ate. 🔥
• -p, --pretty — Pretty-print the output. Make it look nice and readable, periodt. 💅
• -h, --help — Print help (see a summary with '-h'). Cute little reminder: there’s a summary with '-h'. 🫶
• [FILE] — Provide the file to read. Hand over the file, bestie. 📂

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