---
name: "alpm-db-files"
section: "1"
platform: "linux"
package: "alpm-db"
version: "0.3.0-1"
release: "Arch Linux 2026-11-01"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/alpm-db-files"
---

# alpm-db-files(1)

Command line interface for interacting with alpm-db-files data.

## NAME

alpm-db-files - Command line interface for interacting with alpm-db-files data.

## SYNOPSIS

**alpm-db-files** \[**-h**\|**--help**\] \[**-V**\|**--version**\] \<*subcommands*\>

## DESCRIPTION

Command line interface for interacting with alpm-db-files files.

This CLI interacts with the alpm-db-files file format: \<https://alpm.archlinux.page/specifications/alpm-db-files.5.html\>

## OPTIONS

- **-h**, **--help**

  Print help (see a summary with '-h')

- **-V**, **--version**

  Print version

## SUBCOMMANDS

- [alpm-db-files-create(1)](/alpm-db-files-create/1.md)

  Create alpm-db-files data from a directory.

- [alpm-db-files-format(1)](/alpm-db-files-format/1.md)

  Read and validate alpm-db-files data and return it in another file format.

- [alpm-db-files-validate(1)](/alpm-db-files-validate/1.md)

  Validate an alpm-db-files file.

- alpm-db-files-help(1)

  Print this message or the help of the given subcommand(s)

## VERSION

v0.3.0

## AUTHORS

Arne Beer \<contact@arne.beer\>, David Runge \<dvzrv@archlinux.org\>, Jagoda Ślązak \<j-g00da@archlinux.org\>, Orhun Parmaksız \<orhun@archlinux.org\>