====== Ubuntu - apt - Search packages ======

The **search** option can be used to search for the given regex.

  * It works just like **apt-cache search** but sorted alphabetically.

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===== Example =====

To search for php packages, enter:

<code bash>
apt search php
apt search mysql-5.?
apt search mysql-server-5.?
apt search httpd*
apt search ^apache
apt search ^nginx
apt search ^nginx$
</code>