#!/usr/bin/python3 """Emulate dpkg --info package.deb control-file""" from __future__ import print_function import sys from apt_inst import DebFile def main(): """Main function.""" if len(sys.argv) < 3: print("Usage: tool file.deb control-file\n", file=sys.stderr) sys.exit(0) fobj = open(sys.argv[1]) try: print(DebFile(fobj).control.extractdata(sys.argv[2])) finally: fobj.close() if __name__ == "__main__": main()