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brew search — Search for casks and formulae. More information: <https://docs.brew.sh/Manpage#search--s-options-tex

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Problem

How to use the brew search command: Search for casks and formulae. More information: <https://docs.brew.sh/Manpage#search--s-options-textregex->.

Solution

brew search — Search for casks and formulae. More information: <https://docs.brew.sh/Manpage#search--s-options-textregex->.

Search for casks and formulae using a keyword:
brew search {{keyword}}


Search for casks and formulae using a regex:
brew search /{{regex}}/


Enable searching through descriptions:
brew search --desc {{keyword}}


Only search for formulae:
brew search --formula {{keyword}}


Only search for casks:
brew search --cask {{keyword}}

Code Snippets

Search for casks and formulae using a keyword

brew search {{keyword}}

Search for casks and formulae using a `regex`

brew search /{{regex}}/

Enable searching through descriptions

brew search --desc {{keyword}}

Only search for formulae

brew search --formula {{keyword}}

Only search for casks

brew search --cask {{keyword}}

Context

tldr-pages: common/brew search

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