# Find the deps for a package:
qdepends -a foo

# Find packages that depend on a package
equery d foo

# Get basic metadata (herd, maintainer)
herdstat -m foo

# Get files that belong to a package
qlist foo
equery files foo

# Find packages that use a USE flag
quse foo

# View the CVS location for a file
eviewcvs fooo

# Add / edit arch keywords for ebuilds
ekeyword amd64 foo-5.0.ebuild

# Find a specific ebuild and edit it
esearch -e mplayer

# Get a dev's name, email, herds
herdstat -d beandog

# Get a package's $foo variable
portageq metadata / ebuild media-video/dvdrip-0.98.1 "IUSE"

# Get portage (make.conf) environment variables
portageq envvar PORTDIR

# Get (all of) an ebuilds dependencies (no color)
qdepends -C -r media-video/dvdrip-0.98.1