AUR-SEARCH(1)

NAME
aur-search - search for AUR packages

SYNOPSIS
aur search [-adimnqrsv] [-k key] keyword...

DESCRIPTION
aur-search searches the AUR by multiple strings of packages. Requests are done using aur-query(1), and either use the searchby or info interface.

By default, searches are performed by name and description using the searchby interface, and the intersection of results is displayed in a brief format.

OPTIONS

-a, --any
    Show the union of results instead of the intersection. Applies to the searchby interface.

-s, --search
    Use the searchby interface. This is the default.

-i, --info
    Use the info interface.

-q, --short
    Only display package name, version and description.

-r, --json
    Display results as JSON.

--json-stdin
    Format JSON from standard input, assumed to match aur-query(1) output.

-v, --verbose
    Display more package information.

--table
    Display output in tsv (tab-separated) format.

-k key, --key=key
    Sort results via a key, defaulting to Name.

    Valid choices are Name, Version, NumVotes, Description (for brief output) or Name, PackageBase, Version, Description, URL, NumVotes, Popularity, OutOfDate, Maintainer, FirstSubmitted, LastModified (for -v verbose output).

  Search types

-d, --desc
    Search by package name and description.

-m, --maintainer
    Search by maintainer.

-n, --name
    Search by package name.

--depends
    Search for packages with keywords in depends.

--makedepends
    Search for packages with keywords in makedepends.

--optdepends
    Search for packages with keywords in optdepends.

--checkdepends
    Search for packages with keywords in checkdepends.

EXIT STATUS
The exit status is 0 on valid results, 1 if no results were found, or 2 if an AUR error occurred (such as "Too many results").

SEE ALSO
aur(1), aur-query(1), jq(1), sort(1), uniq(1)

AUTHORS
Alad Wenter (https://github.com/AladW)