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nala-search - Search package names and descriptions

nala search [--options] REGEX ...

Search package names and descriptions using a word, regex or glob

By default search will only use regex.

If you start your query with g/, search will only Glob.

Note: You may need to quote the pattern so the shell doesn't glob first

Examples:

Glob that will match nala and anything text after it:

sudo nala search "g/nala*"

A question mark in a glob will match any single character:

sudo nala search "g/na?a"

This would match nala or even nada

Regex works similar to globbing but is much more powerful.

For more information on Glob and Regex pattern matching:

man glob.7

man regex.7

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This is faster than searching names and descriptions.

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Show all versions of a package.
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09 Feb 2023 0.12.2