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12 <h1><a href="../cli/npm-search.html">npm-search</a></h1> <p>Search for packages</p>
13 <h2 id="synopsis">SYNOPSIS</h2>
14 <pre><code>npm search [-l|--long] [search terms ...]
17 </code></pre><h2 id="description">DESCRIPTION</h2>
18 <p>Search the registry for packages matching the search terms.</p>
19 <p>If a term starts with <code>/</code>, then it's interpreted as a regular expression.
20 A trailing <code>/</code> will be ignored in this case. (Note that many regular
21 expression characters must be escaped or quoted in most shells.)</p>
22 <h2 id="configuration">CONFIGURATION</h2>
23 <h3 id="long">long</h3>
25 <li>Default: false</li>
26 <li>Type: Boolean</li>
28 <p>Display full package descriptions and other long text across multiple
29 lines. When disabled (default) search results are truncated to fit
30 neatly on a single line. Modules with extremely long names will
31 fall on multiple lines.</p>
32 <h3 id="registry">registry</h3>
34 <li>Default: <a href="https://registry.npmjs.org/">https://registry.npmjs.org/</a></li>
37 <p>Search the specified registry for modules. If you have configured npm to point to a different default registry,
38 such as your internal private module repository, <code>npm search</code> will default to that registry when searching.
39 Pass a different registry url such as the default above in order to override this setting.</p>
40 <h2 id="see-also">SEE ALSO</h2>
42 <li><a href="../misc/npm-registry.html">npm-registry(7)</a></li>
43 <li><a href="../cli/npm-config.html">npm-config(1)</a></li>
44 <li><a href="../misc/npm-config.html">npm-config(7)</a></li>
45 <li><a href="../files/npmrc.html">npmrc(5)</a></li>
46 <li><a href="../cli/npm-view.html">npm-view(1)</a></li>
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60 <p id="footer">npm-search — npm@2.15.11</p>