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nala-search

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NAME

nala-search - Search package names and descriptions

SYNOPSIS

nala search [ --options ] REGEX ...

DESCRIPTION

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

OPTIONS

--full

Print the full description of each package.

-n , --names

Search only package names.

This is faster than searching names and descriptions.

-i , --installed

List only packages that are installed.

-N , --nala-installed

List only packages explicitly installed with nala .

-u , --upgradable

List only packages that are upgradable.

-a , --all-versions

Show all versions of a package.

-A , --all-arches

Show all architectures of a package.

-V , --virtual

List only virtual packages.

--debug

Print helpful information for solving issues. If you're submitting a bug report try running the command again with --debug and providing the output to the devs, it may be helpful.

-v , --verbose

Disable scrolling text and print extra information

-h , --help

Shows this man page.