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apt search

Search for a package by name or description.

command Package ManagementSystem AdministrationUtilities

Overview

Searches for the given term(s) in the list of available packages and displays the matching ones.

Syntax

apt search [options] search_term(s)

Common Options

--names-only

Only search in package names, not descriptions.

Examples

$ apt search text editor

Search for packages related to "text editor".

$ apt search --names-only zip

Search for packages with "zip" in their name.

Related Commands

cat

Concatenate and display file content

grep

Print lines matching a pattern

find

Search for files in a directory hierarchy

wc

Print newline, word, and byte counts for each file

useradd

Create a new user or update default new user information

date

Print or set the system date and time

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