qgrep

Section: qgrep (1)
Updated: May 2018
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NAME

qgrep - grep in ebuilds

SYNOPSIS

qgrep [opts] <misc args>

DESCRIPTION

qgrep searches for a given pattern in all ebuilds of the current portage tree. Optionally the search is in all eclasses, or just in the ebuilds that are currently installed.

OPTIONS

-I, --invert-match: Select non-matching lines.
-i, --ignore-case: Ignore case distinctions.
-H, --with-filename: Print the filename for each match.
-N, --with-name: Print the package or eclass name for each match.
-c, --count: Only print a count of matching lines per FILE.
-l, --list: Only print FILE names containing matches.
-L, --invert-list: Only print FILE names containing no match.
-e, --regexp: Use PATTERN as a regular expression.
-x, --extended: Use PATTERN as an extended regular expression.
-J, --installed: Search in installed ebuilds instead of the tree.
-E, --eclass: Search in eclasses instead of ebuilds.
-s, --skip-comments: Skip comments lines.
-S <arg>, --skip <arg>: Skip lines matching <arg>.
-B <arg>, --before <arg>: Print <arg> lines of leading context.
-A <arg>, --after <arg>: Print <arg> lines of trailing context.
--root <arg>: Set the ROOT env var.
-v, --verbose: Print multiple matches per files. When this option is given multiple times, also linenumber are printed for matches next to file names.
-q, --quiet: Ignored for compatibility with other qapplets.
-C, --nocolor: Don't output color.
-h, --help: Print this help and exit.
-V, --version: Print version and exit.

REPORTING BUGS

Please report bugs via http://bugs.gentoo.org/
Product: Portage Development; Component: Tools, Assignee: portage-utils@gentoo.org

AUTHORS

Ned Ludd <solar@gentoo.org>
Mike Frysinger <vapier@gentoo.org>
Fabian Groffen <grobian@gentoo.org>