cave show
Name
cave-show — Display a summary of a given object.
Synopsis
cave show spec …
DESCRIPTION
Displays a formatted summary of a given object. If the object is a set, the set’s contents are listed. If the object is a repository name, information about the repository is displayed. If the object is a package dep spec with wildcards, possible expansions are shown. If the object is a package dep spec without wildcards, information about matching IDs are shown.
OPTIONS
Global Options
Global options, used by every subcommand.
- -h , --help
- display help message
Object Options
Alter how objects are interpreted.
- -t , --type
Specify the type of the specified objects.
- auto (a)
- Automatically determine the type (default)
- repository (r)
- Treat the objects as repository names
- set (s)
- Treat the objects as set names
- wildcard (w)
- Treat the objects as a wildcarded package spec
- package (p)
- Treat the objects as an unwildcarded package spec, showing all matches for wildcards
Key Options
Control which keys are shown.
- -n , --no-keys (+n , --no-no-keys)
- Do not show any metadata keys
- -c , --complex-keys (+c , --no-complex-keys)
- Show complex keys (e.g. dependencies, downloads)
- -i , --internal-keys (+i , --no-internal-keys)
- Show keys marked as 'internal-only'
- -s , --significant-keys-only (+s , --no-significant-keys-only)
- Show only keys marked as 'significant'
- -k , --key
- Show keys with the given name, regardless of other options. May be specified multiple times.
- -d , --description-keys (+d , --no-description-keys)
- Show description keys, regardless of other options.
Display Options
Controls the output format.
- -f , --flat (+f , --no-flat)
- Do not spread key values over multiple lines
- -r , --raw-names (+r , --no-raw-names)
- Display raw rather than human readable key names
Version Options
Controls for which versions detailed information is shown when displaying packages. By default all installed versions and the best installable version are shown.
- -1 , --one-version (+1 , --no-one-version)
- Display only a single version of any package.
- -a , --all-versions (+a , --no-all-versions)
- Display all versions of packages.
- -0 , --no-versions (+0 , --no-no-versions)
- Don’t display any version-specific information
- -R , --repository-at-a-time (+R , --no-repository-at-a-time)
- Group versions by repository, and then show details for each individual repository