pkgctl-search(1)

pkgctl-search1

Search for an expression across the gitlab packaging group

Usage

pkgctl search [OPTIONS] QUERY

Overview

Search for an expression across the GitLab packaging group.

To use a filter, include it in your query. You may use wildcards (*) to use glob matching.

Available filters for the blobs scope: path, extension

Every usage of the search command must be authenticated. Consult the 'pkgctl auth' command to authenticate with GitLab or view the authentication status.

Search tips

Syntax  Description    Example
───────────────────────────────────────
"       Exact search   "gem sidekiq"
~       Fuzzy search   J~ Doe
|       Or             display | banner
+       And            display +banner
-       Exclude        display -banner
*       Partial        bug error 50*
\       Escape         \*md
#       Issue ID       #23456
!       Merge request  !23456

Options

-h, --help

Show a help text

Options

--no-default-filter

Do not apply default filter (like -path:keys/pgp/*.asc)

Options

--json

Enable printing in JSON; Shorthand for '--format json'

-F, --format FORMAT

Controls the formatting of the results; FORMAT is 'pretty', 'plain', or 'json' (default pretty)

-N, --no-line-number

Don’t show line numbers when formatting results

Homepage

<https://gitlab.archlinux.org/archlinux/devtools>

Please report bugs and feature requests in the issue tracker. Please do your best to provide a reproducible test case for bugs.

From devtools 1:1.5.3-1 in Arch Linux 2026-11-01. Parsed by carta from the page's man source.