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.TH "NPM\-SEARCH" "1" "December 2018" "" ""
.SH "NAME"
\fBnpm-search\fR \- Search for packages
.SH SYNOPSIS
.P
.RS 2
.nf
npm search [\-l|\-\-long] [\-\-json] [\-\-parseable] [\-\-no\-description] [search terms \.\.\.]
aliases: s, se, find
.fi
.RE
.SH DESCRIPTION
.P
Search the registry for packages matching the search terms\. \fBnpm search\fP
performs a linear, incremental, lexically\-ordered search through package
metadata for all files in the registry\. If color is enabled, it will further
highlight the matches in the results\.
.P
Additionally, using the \fB\-\-searchopts\fP and \fB\-\-searchexclude\fP options paired with
more search terms will respectively include and exclude further patterns\. The
main difference between \fB\-\-searchopts\fP and the standard search terms is that the
former does not highlight results in the output and can be used for more
fine\-grained filtering\. Additionally, both of these can be added to \fB\|\.npmrc\fP for
default search filtering behavior\.
.P
Search also allows targeting of maintainers in search results, by prefixing
their npm username with \fB=\fP\|\.
.P
If a term starts with \fB/\fP, then it's interpreted as a regular expression and
supports standard JavaScript RegExp syntax\. A trailing \fB/\fP will be ignored in
this case\. (Note that many regular expression characters must be escaped or
quoted in most shells\.)
.SS A Note on caching
.SH CONFIGURATION
.SS description
.RS 0
.IP \(bu 2
Default: true
.IP \(bu 2
Type: Boolean
.RE
.P
Used as \fB\-\-no\-description\fP, disables search matching in package descriptions and
suppresses display of that field in results\.
.SS json
.RS 0
.IP \(bu 2
Default: false
.IP \(bu 2
Type: Boolean
.RE
.P
Output search results as a JSON array\.
.SS parseable
.RS 0
.IP \(bu 2
Default: false
.IP \(bu 2
Type: Boolean
.RE
.P
Output search results as lines with tab\-separated columns\.
.SS long
.RS 0
.IP \(bu 2
Default: false
.IP \(bu 2
Type: Boolean
.RE
.P
Display full package descriptions and other long text across multiple
lines\. When disabled (default) search results are truncated to fit
neatly on a single line\. Modules with extremely long names will
fall on multiple lines\.
.SS searchopts
.RS 0
.IP \(bu 2
Default: ""
.IP \(bu 2
Type: String
.RE
.P
Space\-separated options that are always passed to search\.
.SS searchexclude
.RS 0
.IP \(bu 2
Default: ""
.IP \(bu 2
Type: String
.RE
.P
Space\-separated options that limit the results from search\.
.SS searchstaleness
.RS 0
.IP \(bu 2
Default: 900 (15 minutes)
.IP \(bu 2
Type: Number
.RE
.P
The age of the cache, in seconds, before another registry request is made\.
.SS registry
.RS 0
.IP \(bu 2
Default: https://
.IP \(bu 2
Type: url
.RE
.P
Search the specified registry for modules\. If you have configured npm to point
to a different default registry, such as your internal private module
repository, \fBnpm search\fP will default to that registry when searching\. Pass a
different registry url such as the default above in order to override this
setting\.
.SH SEE ALSO
.RS 0
.IP \(bu 2
npm help 7 registry
.IP \(bu 2
npm help config
.IP \(bu 2
npm help 7 config
.IP \(bu 2
npm help 5 npmrc
.IP \(bu 2
npm help view
.RE
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