---
name: "dwww-find"
section: "8"
platform: "linux"
package: "dwww"
version: "1.16"
release: "Debian 13 (Trixie)"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/dwww-find"
---

# dwww-find(8)

find documentation related to a search argument

## NAME

dwww-find - find documentation related to a search argument

## SYNOPSIS

**dwww-find** \[**--package**\|**--menu**\|**--documentation**\|**--docfile**\|**--doc-base-list**\] \[**--skip=*number***\] *argument* \[*...*\]

## DESCRIPTION

**dwww-find** is part of the dwww package, which provides access to on-line documentation on a Debian system via WWW.

**dwww-find** searches for a documentation related to a given program, for entries from Debian Documentation Menu, or at least for documents registered with doc-base. It returns a HTML-formatted document with search results.

## OPTIONS

- **--package** *argument*

  Search for documentation (man pages, info files, etc.) related to *argument*, which can be a name of package or program that is installed in the system. The *argument* is passed to [**dwww-quickfind**(8)](/dwww-quickfind/8.md) to retrieve a list of names of packages related to it.

- **--menu** *argument*

  Search for entries in Debian Documentation Menu pages generated by [**dwww-build-menu**(8)](/dwww-build-menu/8.md).

- **--documentation** *argument*

  Search in documentation files registered with doc-base. It uses [**search++**(1)](/search++/1.md) for searching.

- **--docfile** *argument*

  Search for documentation for package, which contains the file specified by the *argument*. The file must be located in or below a directory that has been allowed by the system administrator; see [**dwww**(7)](/dwww/7.md) for more info.

- **--doc-base-list** *argument*

  Show list of registerered doc-base files for given *argument*, which should be specified as *format/document-id*, where *document-id* is an identificator of registered doc-base document, and *format* is a name of format (e.g. text or pdf) registered by the document, for which the list list is to be generated.

- **--skip=***number*

  Works only with **--documentation**. Skip *number* of search results.

When no options are specified, **--package** is assumed.

## FILES

- */etc/dwww/dwww.conf*

  Configuration file for dwww.

## SEE ALSO

[**dwww**(7)](/dwww/7.md), [**dwww-quickfind**(8)](/dwww-quickfind/8.md), [**dwww-build-menu**(8)](/dwww-build-menu/8.md), [**dwww-index++**(8)](/dwww-index++/8.md), [**search++**(1)](/search++/1.md), Debian doc-base Manual in */usr/share/doc/doc-base/doc-base.html/index.html*.

## AUTHORS

Lars Wirzenius. Robert Luberda.\
 See [**dwww**(7)](/dwww/7.md) for copyrights and stuff.