package search for multiple word string?

jjt3hii · 2010-02-04 21:13:35

Ok, im feeling really dumb, but how do I search for packages using multiple words in a single string? For example if I do the command "pacman -Ss session manager" it will return a huge list of all packages with the word session and all packages with the word manager, but what i really want to see is the smaller list of only the packages that contain the entire exact string session manager.

Ashren · 2010-02-04 21:16:30

Here you go:
pacman -Ss "session manager"

lucke · 2010-02-04 21:26:22

Or: pacman -Ss session\ manager

ezzetabi · 2010-02-04 21:27:51

or if you remember two words put somewhere you can use
pacman -Ss 'session.*manager'

this will get also `session great manager' for example.

Last edited by ezzetabi (2010-02-04 21:28:05)

jjt3hii · 2010-02-04 21:56:41

My fault. I'm actually using yaourt because i need to search the aur. With yaourt none of these seem to work for me. They do seem to work with pacman, what is different?

panuh · 2010-02-04 22:25:10

For me yaourt does the trick if you use ezzetabi's example ('session.*manager'). However, for 'session manager' only it doesn't.
You could try packer (in AUR). I just tried all three of them and packer seems to also look for the two words together only if you use '... ...' only.

lucke · 2010-02-04 22:30:01

Works in bauerbill too.

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#1 2010-02-04 21:13:35

package search for multiple word string?

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