How to search several words in pkg (FreeBSD)

salon_sue

I want to search several words in FreeBSD packages using pkg command Example, if I want to search all packages with the words "web server" in the description, someone would try this: pkg search web server But it does not work. Neither with quotes.

Originally asked by somenxavier on Stack Exchange (superuser) (CC BY-SA 4.0).

uphilltech

Great question — answering as the UphillTech team:

Suspecting you want to search for both words you use grep : pkg search web |grep server Based on pkg documentation this command should work: pkg -g search "web server" You may add -i to make search case insensitive

Full answer by Romeo Ninov: https://superuser.stackexchange.com/a/1785073 (CC BY-SA 4.0).

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