pacsearch(8)

pacsearch8

A colorized search combining both -ss and -qs output

Usage

pacsearch [--nocolor] <pattern>

Overview

pacsearch will perform a pacman search using both the local and the sync databases. Installed packages are easily identified with a [installed], and local-only packages are also listed. Example: pacsearch ^gnome

Options

-h, --help

Display syntax and command-line options.

-n, --nocolor

Do no colorize output.

-V, --version

Display version information.

Bugs

Bugs? You must be kidding; there are no bugs in this software. But if we happen to be wrong, file an issue with as much detail as possible at https://gitlab.archlinux.org/pacman/pacman-contrib/-/issues/new.

Authors

Current maintainers:

• Johannes Löthberg <[email protected]>

• Daniel M. Capella <[email protected]>

For additional contributors, use git shortlog -s on the pacman-contrib.git repository.

From pacman-contrib 1.13.1-1 in Arch Linux 2026-11-01. Parsed by carta from the page's man source.