---
name: "alpm-pkginfo-format"
section: "1"
platform: "linux"
package: "alpm-pkginfo"
version: "0.7.0-1"
release: "Arch Linux 2026-11-01"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/alpm-pkginfo-format"
---

# alpm-pkginfo-format(1)

Parse a PKGINFO file and output it in a different file format

## NAME

alpm-pkginfo-format - Parse a PKGINFO file and output it in a different file format

## SYNOPSIS

**alpm-pkginfo format** \[**-s**\|**--schema**\] \[**-o**\|**--output-format**\] \[**-p**\|**--pretty**\] \[**-h**\|**--help**\] \[*FILE*\]

## DESCRIPTION

Parse a PKGINFO file and output it in a different file format

If the input can be validated according to a known schema, the program writes the PKGINFO data to stdout in a different file format (optionally, a file path to write to may be provided) and exits with a return code of 0. Currently only JSON is supported as output format. If the input can not be validated according to a known schema, an error is emitted on stderr and the program exits with a non-zero exit code.

## OPTIONS

- **-s**, **--schema** *\<VERSION\>*

  Provide the PKGINFO schema version to use.

  If no schema version is provided, it will be deduced from the file itself.

- **-o**, **--output-format** *\<OUTPUT\_FORMAT\>* \[default: json\]

  The output format to use

  Currently only "json" (the default) is supported\

  *Possible values:*

  - •

    json: The JSON output format

- **-p**, **--pretty**

  Pretty-print the output

  Has no effect if the output format can not be pretty printed.

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

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

- \[*FILE*\]

  An optional input file path to read from

  If no file path is specified, stdin is read from and expected to contain PKGINFO data to format.