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

# dwww-quickfind(8)

find quickly which package a program belongs to.

## NAME

dwww-quickfind - find quickly which package a program belongs to.

## SYNOPSIS

**dwww-quickfind --build**  \[*dbfile*\]\
 **dwww-quickfind** *argument* \[*dbfile*\]

## DESCRIPTION

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

**dwww-quickfind** searches for a package or program named in *argument* using the database file *dbfile*. The output consists of names of packages installed in the system, which contain given program, or which name is same as given in *argument* Each package name is printed in a separate line. Each package name can be optionally followed by a colon and a space-separated list of names of related packages (i.e. built from the same source package).

If used with **--build**, **dwww-quickfind** builds programs database and stores it in the *dbfile*, basing on data passed on standard input. This is used internally by [**dwww-refresh-cache**(8)](/dwww-refresh-cache/8.md).

## EXAMPLES

1\. \`id' is a part of \`coreutils' package

```
  $ /usr/sbin/dwww-quickfind id
  coreutils
```

2\. \`apt-get' can be found in \`apt' package, and there are a few other packages built from the same source:

```
  $ /usr/sbin/dwww-quickfind apt-get
  apt: apt-transport-https apt-utils libapt-pkg6.0
```

## FILES

- */var/cache/dwww/quickfind.dat*

  Default file used as the database file.

## SEE ALSO

[**dwww**(7)](/dwww/7.md), [**dwww-find**(8)](/dwww-find/8.md), [**dwww-refresh-cache**(8)](/dwww-refresh-cache/8.md).

## AUTHOR

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