Search-ChocoPackage.md

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Search-ChocoPackage

SYNOPSIS

Search for a chocolatey package. If no name is specified this will return all available packages.

SYNTAX

Search-ChocoPackage [[-Name] <String>] [-Source <String>] [-Exact] [-PreRelease] [<CommonParameters>]

DESCRIPTION

Search for a chocolatey package. If no name is specified this will return all available packages.

EXAMPLES

EXAMPLE 1

Search-ChocoPackage -Name "rufus"
Name                Version
----                -------
rufus                 3.0.18
rufus.install         3.0.18
rufus.portable        3.0.18
rufus-nightly         4.0.0.20230713

EXAMPLE 2

Search-ChocoPackage -Name "rufus" -Source "chocolatey"
Name                Version
----                -------
rufus                 3.0.18
rufus.install         3.0.18
rufus.portable        3.0.18
rufus-nightly         4.0.0.20230713

EXAMPLE 3

Search-ChocoPackage -Name "rufus" -Source "chocolatey" -Exact
Name Version
---- -------
rufus  3.0.18

EXAMPLE 4

Search-ChocoPackage
Name                Version
----                -------
rufus                 3.0.18
rufus.install         3.0.18
...                 ...
...                 ...

PARAMETERS

-Exact

Search for an exact match.

Type: SwitchParameter
Parameter Sets: (All)
Aliases:

Required: False
Position: Named
Default value: False
Accept pipeline input: False
Accept wildcard characters: False

-Name

The name of the package to search for. Omit to return all available packages.

Type: String
Parameter Sets: (All)
Aliases:

Required: False
Position: 1
Default value: None
Accept pipeline input: False
Accept wildcard characters: False

-PreRelease

Include pre-release versions in the search.

Type: SwitchParameter
Parameter Sets: (All)
Aliases:

Required: False
Position: Named
Default value: False
Accept pipeline input: False
Accept wildcard characters: False

-Source

Search on a specific source. Defaults to the official Chocolatey repository.

Type: String
Parameter Sets: (All)
Aliases:

Required: False
Position: Named
Default value: None
Accept pipeline input: False
Accept wildcard characters: False

CommonParameters

This cmdlet supports the common parameters: -Debug, -ErrorAction, -ErrorVariable, -InformationAction, -InformationVariable, -OutVariable, -OutBuffer, -PipelineVariable, -Verbose, -WarningAction, and -WarningVariable. For more information, see about_CommonParameters.

INPUTS

OUTPUTS

PSCustomObject

NOTES

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