Oracle Exam 1Z0-821 Topic 6 Question 57 Discussion

Searching for Packages

Use the pkg search command to search for packages whose data matches the specified pattern.

Like thepkg contentscommand, thepkg searchcommand examines the contents of packages. While thepkg contentscommand returns the contents, thepkg searchcommand returns the names of packages that match the query.

pkg search

search [-HIaflpr] [-o attribute ...] [-s repo_uri] query

Search for matches to the query, and display the results.

Which tokens are indexed are action-dependent, but may include content hashes and pathnames.

Note: pkg is the retrieval client for the image packaging system. With a valid configuration, pkg can be invoked to create locations for packages to be installed, called 'images', and install packages into those images. Packages are published by publishers, who may make their packages available at one or more repositories. pkg, then, retrieves packages from a publisher's repository and installs them into an image.