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.TH quse "1" "Jan 2024" "Gentoo Foundation" "quse"
.SH NAME
quse \- find pkgs using useflags
.SH SYNOPSIS
.B quse
\fI[opts] <useflag>\fR
.SH DESCRIPTION
\fIquse\fR searches in ebuilds for a match in IUSE or LICENSE.
It can also search for USE-flags and show their descriptions.
.SH OPTIONS
.TP
\fB\-e\fR, \fB\-\-exact\fR
Search for exact string, e.g.\ do not use regular expression matching.
.TP
\fB\-a\fR, \fB\-\-all\fR
List all ebuilds, don't match anything.
.TP
\fB\-L\fR, \fB\-\-license\fR
Use the LICENSE vs IUSE.
.TP
\fB\-D\fR, \fB\-\-describe\fR
Describe the USE flag, when no USE-flag given and combined with
\fB-p\fR, lists all USE-flags with their descriptions (and enabled
state prefixed with an asterisk when used with \fB-I\fR) per
package.
.TP
\fB\-I\fR, \fB\-\-installed\fR
Only search installed packages.
.TP
\fB\-p\fR \fI<arg>\fR, \fB\-\-package\fR \fI<arg>\fR
Restrict matching to package or category.
.TP
\fB\-R\fR, \fB\-\-repo\fR
Show repository the ebuild originates from.
.TP
\fB\-F\fR \fI<arg>\fR, \fB\-\-format\fR \fI<arg>\fR
Print matched atom using given format string.
.TP
\fB\-\-root\fR \fI<arg>\fR
Set the ROOT env var.
.TP
\fB\-v\fR, \fB\-\-verbose\fR
Show versions for packages that match the search.
Also shows problems encountered during parsing.  These are mostly
diagnostic and indicate possible incorrectness in the results.
.TP
\fB\-q\fR, \fB\-\-quiet\fR
Ignored for compatibility with other qapplets.
.TP
\fB\-C\fR, \fB\-\-nocolor\fR
Don't output color.
.TP
\fB\-\-color\fR
Force color in output.
.TP
\fB\-h\fR, \fB\-\-help\fR
Print this help and exit.
.TP
\fB\-V\fR, \fB\-\-version\fR
Print version and exit.

.SH "REPORTING BUGS"
Please report bugs via http://bugs.gentoo.org/
.br
Product: Gentoo Linux; Component: Current packages
.SH AUTHORS
.nf
Ned Ludd <solar@gentoo.org>
Mike Frysinger <vapier@gentoo.org>
Fabian Groffen <grobian@gentoo.org>
.fi
.SH "SEE ALSO"
.BR q (1),
.BR qatom (1),
.BR qcheck (1),
.BR qdepends (1),
.BR qfile (1),
.BR qgrep (1),
.BR qkeyword (1),
.BR qlist (1),
.BR qlop (1),
.BR qmanifest (1),
.BR qmerge (1),
.BR qpkg (1),
.BR qsearch (1),
.BR qsize (1),
.BR qtbz2 (1),
.BR qtegrity (1),
.BR qwhich (1),
.BR qxpak (1)