Searching the port tree with portmaster?

[Sergey V. Dyatko]

On Thu, 15 Aug 2013 12:12:41 -0400
Jim Trigg <jtrigg at spamcop.net> wrote:

> On Thu, Aug 15, 2013 at 09:45:30AM -0600, LuKreme wrote:
> > On 15 Aug 2013, at 00:56 , Sergey V. Dyatko
> > <sergey.dyatko at gmail.com> wrote:
> > 
> > > man ports
> > 
> > > /search[enter]
> > 
> > cd /usr/ports && make search name=pear- 
> > cd /usr/ports && make search name=pear- xname='ht(tp|ml)'
> > 
> > Well, OK. That seems a lot more effort, and loses your current
> > directory, but that does work. It's fugly though.
> 
> OK, so "alias search='make -C /usr/ports search'".  Then you can, as
> needed, "search name=whatever" (or whatever criteria you want to use).
> 
> Jim

2 aliases from my .cshrc:

alias search_name    "make -C /usr/ports/
search name='\!*' display=name,path,info" 

alias search_key    "make -C /usr/ports/ search key='\!*'
display=name,path,info"

search_[name|key] smthng


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wbr, tiger