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List and query all the applications available on the database

This section covers the procedures for consulting the lists of applications available in this database and on third-party ones.

List

Option -l or list shows the whole list of apps available in this repository and on third-party ones.

This option uses less to show the list, so to exit its enough to press "Q".

By default, only apps available on this repository are shown

am -l

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To see only the AppImages from this list, use the --appimages flag

am -l --appimages

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To see only the programs available on the Toolpacks repository, add the --toolpack flag

am -l --toolpack

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To see all the programs available in all the supported databases, use the --all flag instead

am -l --all

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As you may have guessed, the lists are very long. However, you can use the -q or query option to search them, using the same flags. See below.

Query

Option -q or query shows search results from the lists above.

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am -q {KEYWORD}
am -q --all {KEYWORD}
am -q --appimages {KEYWORD}
am -q --toolpak {KEYWORD}
am -q --pkg {PROGRAM1} {PROGRAM2}

If followed by --appimages, the search results will be only for the available AppImages from the "AM" database.

If followed by --pkg, all keywords will be listed also if not on the same line. This is good if you are looking for multiple packages among the ones available in the "AM" database.

If followed by --toolpack, the search results will be only for available programs from the "Toolpacks" database.

If sollowed by all, the search results will be from all supported databases.


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