---
name: "type-handling"
section: "1"
platform: "linux"
package: "type-handling"
version: "0.2.23"
release: "Debian 6.0 (Squeeze)"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/type-handling"
---

# type-handling(1)

dpkg architecture generation script

## NAME

type-handling - dpkg architecture generation script

## SYNOPSIS

**type-handling** \[**-n**\|**--negated**\] \[**-r**\|**--reverted**\] *cpu...* *system...*

## DESCRIPTION

The main purpose of this utility is using it in combination with **sed** to generate a *debian/control* file with architecture lists that **dpkg** can understand.  *cpu* is a CPU as recognized by **dpkg-architecture**. A list of CPUs must be comma-separated.  The string **any** is a wildcard and will be translated to a list of all recognised CPUs. *system* is the same for systems recognised by **dpkg-architecture**.

**type-handling** will print every **dpkg** architecture that matches *both* one of the specified CPUs and one of the specified systems.

## OPTIONS

- **-n**

  **type-handling** will instead print architectures that do *not* match.

- **-r**

  **type-handling** will print a reverted *equivalent* of the same string by prefixing with **!**.  This option has no practical effect and is only intended for aesthetical/readability purposes.  Note that in some situations, the **!** negated string cannot be parsed by dpkg (e.g., in **Architecture** fields), so use with care.

## EXAMPLES

```
$ type-handling i386,powerpc,x86_64 linux-gnu
i386 powerpc amd64

$ type-handling any linux-gnu
alpha arm hppa [...] sparc64 amd64

$ type-handling i386 any
darwin-i386 freebsd-i386 hurd-i386 kfreebsd-i386 knetbsd-i386 i386 netbsd-i386 openbsd-i386

```

## SEE ALSO

[**dpkg**(1)](/dpkg/1.md)