---
name: "dash-search"
section: "1"
platform: "linux"
package: "cruft"
version: "0.9.39"
release: "Debian 11 (Bullseye)"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/dash-search"
---

# dash-search(1)

match arguments against cruft filter patterns

## NAME

dash-search - match arguments against cruft filter patterns

## SYNOPSIS

**dash-search \[ file \] \[ ... \]**

## DESCRIPTION

**dash-search** Reads files in directories **/usr/lib/cruft/filters-broken\_symlinks** **/usr/lib/cruft/filters-frbn** **/usr/lib/cruft/filters-miss** and **/usr/lib/cruft/filters-unex** and tries to match each command argument in turn against the patterns in those files, using the [**shellexp**(3)](/shellexp/3.md) funcition. Any argument which matches is printed on standard output, prefixed with the name of the file which contained the pattern which it matched.

## BUGS

Same as [**shellexp**(3)](/shellexp/3.md).

## SEE ALSO

[**shellexp**(3)](/shellexp/3.md), [**cruft**(8)](/cruft/8.md).

## AUTHOR

This manual page was written by Anthony Towns \<ajt@debian.org\>, for the Debian GNU/Linux system (but may be used by others).