Homebrew External Command

Search for locally installed packages that own the file pattern, similar to

• dpkg --search PATTERN
• apt-cache search PATTERN
• yum whatprovides PATTERN
• pacman --query --owns PATTERN

Install

% brew tap ten0s/brew-cache

Usage

See help

% brew cache
Usage: brew cache [options]

Query the local Homebrew packages cache

    -u                    Update/build the local packages cache
    -s  [/]pattern[/]     Search for packages that own the file
                                   pattern
    -d                    Display any debugging information
    -q                    Make some output more quiet
    -v                    Show version
    -h, --help            Show this message

Update or build the packages cache

% brew cache -u
Building cache: fcbb2f2ca6958fa9218c035e8cfef96cd6e92164
Cache: fcbb2f2ca6958fa9218c035e8cfef96cd6e92164 is built

% brew cache -u
Current cache: fcbb2f2ca6958fa9218c035e8cfef96cd6e92164
Cache: fcbb2f2ca6958fa9218c035e8cfef96cd6e92164 is up-to-date

Search for a locally installed packages that own the given file

Pattern is a simple string

MacOS

% brew cache -s 'gtk'
cairo 1.16.0_5
gettext 0.21.1
gtk+3 3.24.35
meson 0.64.1

% brew cache -s 'lib/libgtk-3.dylib'
gtk+3 3.24.35

Linux

$ brew cache -s 'gtk'
at-spi2-atk 2.38.0
cairo 1.16.0_5
gettext 0.21.1
gtk+3 3.24.35
libxml2 2.10.3_1
libxslt 1.1.37_1
meson 0.64.1

$ brew cache -s 'lib/libgtk-3.so'
gtk+3 3.24.35

Pattern is a regular expression

MacOS

% brew cache -s '/lib\/gtk.*/'
gtk+3 3.24.35

Linux

$ brew cache -s '/lib\/gtk.*/'
at-spi2-atk 2.38.0
gtk+3 3.24.35

License

The project is licensed under the 2-Clause BSD License.
See LICENSE or https://spdx.org/licenses/BSD-2-Clause.html for full license information.