Hackers' Pub

Syntax	Description	Examples
`"` keyword `"`	Finds the string within quotes, including spaces. Case-insensitive. (Escape quotes inside with `\"`)	`"Hackers' Pub"`
`from:` handle	Finds content written by the specified user.	`from:hongminhee` `from:hongminhee@hollo.social`
`lang:` ISO 639-1	Finds content written in the specified language.	`lang:en`
`#` tag	Finds content with the specified tag. Case-insensitive.	`#HackersPub`
condition condition	Finds content that satisfies both conditions on either side of the space (logical AND).	`"Hackers' Pub" lang:en`
condition `OR` condition	Finds content that satisfies at least one of the conditions on either side of the OR operator (logical OR).	`#HackersPub OR "Hackers' Pub" lang:en`
`(` condition `)`	Combines the operators within the parentheses first.	`(#HackersPub OR "Hackers' Pub" OR "Hackers Pub") lang:en`

Ben Zanin @gnomon@mastodon.social

1/28/2026, 2:06:07 PM

Public

I don't keep a full-fidelity list in my mind of which Debian packages contain every executable because it's easier to relegate that info to outboard-brain tools instead.

For tools that I have locally installed, e.g. ls(1), `dpkg --search "$(which ls)"` (or `dpkg -S "$(which ls)"`) looks up which package owns the tool.

For packages not locally installed, visiting e.g. https://manpages.debian.org/ls#:~:text=Source%20file and then peeking at the "Source file:" page footer shows me the package name.

ls(1) — coreutils — Debian trixie — Debian Manpages

manpages.debian.org

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