alpm-srcinfo-format-packages(1) General Commands Manual NAME alpm-srcinfo-format-packages - Format a SRCINFO file's packages from a path or `stdin` SYNOPSIS alpm-srcinfo format-packages [-s|--schema] <-a|--architecture> [-o|--output-format] [-p|--pretty] [-h|--help] [FILE] DESCRIPTION Format a SRCINFO file's packages from a path or `stdin` Read, validate and print all of the SRCINFO's packages in their final representation for a specific architecture. If the file is valid, the program prints the data in the requested file format to stdout and returns with an exit status of 0. OPTIONS -s, --schema Provide the SRCINFO schema version to use. If no schema version is provided, it will be deduced from the file itself. -a, --architecture The selected architecture that should be used to interpret the SRCINFO file. Only [split-]packages that are applicable for this architecture will be returned. -o, --output-format [default: json] Provide the output format Possible values: o json: The JSON output format -p, --pretty Pretty-print the output. Only applies to formats that support pretty output and is otherwise ignored. -h, --help Print help (see a summary with '-h') [FILE] An optional input file path to read from If no file is specified, stdin is read from and expected to contain PKGINFO data to validate. alpm-srcinfo-format-packages alpm-srcinfo-format-packages(1)