tldr/pages/common/tlmgr-search.md

# tlmgr search

> Search for TeX Live packages using (Perl) `regex`.
> More information: <https://www.tug.org/texlive/doc/tlmgr.html#search>.

- Search for a package name and descriptions of all locally installed packages from a specific `regex`:

`tlmgr search "{{regex}}"`

- Search for all file names of all locally installed packages from a `regex`:

`tlmgr search --file "{{regex}}"`

- Search for all file names, package names, and descriptions of all locally installed packages from a `regex`:

`tlmgr search --all "{{regex}}"`

- Search the TeX Live database, instead of the local installation:

`tlmgr search --global "{{regex}}"`

- Restrict the matches for package names and descriptions (but not for file names) to whole words:

`tlmgr search --all --word "{{regex}}"`