Hackers' Pub

Syntax	Description	Examples
`"` keyword `"`	Finds the string within quotes, including spaces. Case-insensitive. (Escape quotes inside with `\"`)	`"Hackers' Pub"`
`from:` handle	Finds content written by the specified user.	`from:hongminhee` `from:hongminhee@hollo.social`
`lang:` ISO 639-1	Finds content written in the specified language.	`lang:en`
`#` tag	Finds content with the specified tag. Case-insensitive.	`#HackersPub`
condition condition	Finds content that satisfies both conditions on either side of the space (logical AND).	`"Hackers' Pub" lang:en`
condition `OR` condition	Finds content that satisfies at least one of the conditions on either side of the OR operator (logical OR).	`#HackersPub OR "Hackers' Pub" lang:en`
`(` condition `)`	Combines the operators within the parentheses first.	`(#HackersPub OR "Hackers' Pub" OR "Hackers Pub") lang:en`

Tim Chase @gumnos@mastodon.bsd.cafe

3/19/2025, 7:03:44 PM

Public

Went to look up packages with a particular keyword¹:

$ pkg_info -Q $keyword

Great, it listed several packages. What are they? Tried

$ pkg_info $keyword

but it didn't return anything since it was just a sub-match of terms, not an actual package-name. So good ol' Unixisms to the rescue:

$ pkg_info -Q $keyword | xargs pkg_info | less

and ✨🪄✨ done. Exactly what I wanted.

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¹ in this particular case keyword="sieve"

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