PSEARCH(1)PSEARCH(1)NAMEpsearch - search the FreeBSD ports
SYNOPSISpsearch [options] PATTERN [PATTERN ...]
DESCRIPTION
Searches ports for PATTERN. PATTERN is a case-insensitive regular
expression). If there is more than one PATTERN, each of them is
searched for. By default, ports are shown that match all patterns.
By default, the name and the short description are searched. If you
specify the -s option, then the long description is searched as well.
Since this will slow down searching substantially, it is recommended
that the -c option is also used to reduce the number of pkg-descr files
that need to be searched.
psearch uses IEEE Std 1003.2 (``POSIX.2'') regular expressions as
explained by re_format(7).
OPTIONS-V, --version
Show program's version number and exit.
-h, --help
Show a brief help message explaining the options and exit
-c CATEGORY, --category=CATEGORY
Only search for ports in CATEGORY. Speeds up searching, espe‐
cially when --search_long is also specified
-f FILE, --file=FILE
Path to INDEX file. The default is the default location of the
INDEX file on the FreeBSD system that psearch runs on. Non-stan‐
dard locations that are specified in /etc/make.conf are ignored.
-l, --long
Display long description (pkg-descr file) for any match found.
Does not automatically search the long description.
-m, --maintainer
Display the maintainer's email address instead of the short
description for any match found, and switch on searching the
maintainer's email address. Specifying this parameter and
searching for ports@freebsd.org displays all unmaintained ports.
-n, --name
Print canonical name of a port, including its version.
-o, --or
Search for ports that match any PATTERN, instead of all of them.
in other words, OR the PATTERNs, instead of ANDing them.
-s, --search_long
Search long descriptions (pkg-descr file), which slows down
searching. Does not automatically display the long description.
-v INVERSE_PATTERN, --inverse=INVERSE_PATTERN
Searches for ports that do not match INVERSE_PATTERN. May be
specified several times.
SEE ALSOre_format(7)BUGS
Any relevant values stored in environment variables or /etc/make.conf
are ignored. This means that if your INDEX file does not reside in
/usr/ports, you'll need to use the -f option when running psearch.
AUTHOR
Benjamin Lutz (http://public.xdi.org/=Benjamin.Lutz)
psearch 2.0.2 June 2012 PSEARCH(1)
