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brew list — List installed formulae/casks or their files. More information: <https://docs.brew.sh/Manpage#list-l

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Problem

How to use the brew list command: List installed formulae/casks or their files. More information: <https://docs.brew.sh/Manpage#list-ls-options-installed_formulainstalled_cask->.

Solution

brew list — List installed formulae/casks or their files. More information: <https://docs.brew.sh/Manpage#list-ls-options-installed_formulainstalled_cask->.

List all installed formulae and casks:

brew {{[ls|list]}}

List files belonging to an installed formula:

brew {{[ls|list]}} {{formula}}

List artifacts of a cask:

brew {{[ls|list]}} {{cask}}

List only formulae:

brew {{[ls|list]}} --formula

List only casks:

brew {{[ls|list]}} --cask

List only pinned formulae:

brew {{[ls|list]}} --pinned

Code Snippets

List all installed formulae and casks

brew {{[ls|list]}}

List files belonging to an installed formula

brew {{[ls|list]}} {{formula}}

List artifacts of a cask

brew {{[ls|list]}} {{cask}}

List only formulae

brew {{[ls|list]}} --formula

List only casks

brew {{[ls|list]}} --cask

Context

tldr-pages: common/brew list

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