pkgtxt2db
Frederic Galusik
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= NAME =

pkgtxt2db - A perl utility to convert the Slackware PACKAGES.TXT to a database.

Are supported: CSV, JSON, XML

= SYNOPSIS =

**pkgtxt2db** [//OPTIONS//]


= DESCRIPTION =

**Pkgtxt2db** is a tool for automoatically convert PACKAGES.TXT from this plain text format to a database one like CSV, JSON, XML.


= GENERAL OPTIONS =

: **-h**, **--help**
Simple help

: **-v**, **--version**
Print Pkgtxt2db version

: **-c**, **--csv**
Convert PACKAGES.TXT to a CSV database.

: **-j**, **--json**
Convert PACKAGES.TXT to a JSON database.

: **-x**, **--xml**
Convert PACKAGES.TXT to a XML database

: **-t**, **--target**
Choose between Slackware or Salix repositories.

It can be:
- slack32: slackware i486 repository
- slack64: slackware x86_64 repository
- salix32: salix i486 repository
- salix64: salix x86_64 repository

: **-r**, **--release**
Choose the slackware or salix release.

It can be: current (if exist), 13.37, ...


= COMMAND LINE USAGE =
Here are some usages examples.

: **pkgtxt2db -c -t slack32 -r current**
It will fetch and convert PACKAGES.TXT from the Slackware current i486
repository to a CSV database (tab separated): //slack32-current.csv//.
You can open it with libreoffice ;)

: **pkgtxt2db -j -t salix64 -r 13.37**
It will fetch and convert PACKAGES.TXT from the Salix 13.37 x86-64
repository to a JSON database: //salix64-13.37.json//.


= WEBSITE =

http://www.salixos.org/wiki/index.php/Pkgtxt2db


= AUTHOR =

Pkgtxt2db was written by Frederic Galusik <fredg~at~salixos~dot~org>