Re: search facility for apt?

[Joey Hess <joey@kitenet.net>]

Preston Landers wrote:
> Is there a facility to do a text search on the list of packages apt
> has in /var/state/apt/lists?  

joey@kite:~>apt-cache search quake
quake2-dm - id's deathmatch maps and skins for Quake 2
xquake - 3d action game, the successor to Doom. (X version)
quake2-ctf - Capture The Flag (aka CTF) for Quake 2
qstat - Command-line tool for querying quake servers
quake-lib - shareware episode 1 for Quake.
squake - 3d action game, the successor to Doom. (svgalib version)
quake2 - commercial 3D action game from the makers of Doom
xqf - X-based Quake Server Browser
quake-lib-stub - Use dos quake files with linux quake

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