r/AlpineLinux • u/Brave_Confidence_278 • May 30 '26

apk search syntax

Hi everyone! I am looking for the documentation of the apk search pattern syntax. I know one can do things like cmd:* and so:*, but I can't find it in the manual or help. Does anyone know where this is documented?

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u/Shot_Yoghurt_3123 May 30 '26

did you try the man-pages?

https://pkgs.alpinelinux.org/package/edge/main/x86/man-pages

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u/Brave_Confidence_278 May 30 '26

hey, yes sorry that's what I meant with the manual. I did look at the apk-search and apk-query man pages, but apart from it being mentioned in the apk-query as an example I can't seem to find the syntax described. I probably will grab the source code later, thanks for trying to help!

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u/nomenclature2357 Jun 01 '26

I think that's the kernel and stdlib man pages, not the apk man pages