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vcpkg search [options] [query]
Searches for available packages by name and description.
Search performs a case-insensitive search through all available package names and descriptions. The results are displayed in a tabular format.
$ vcpkg search zlib
miniz 2.2.0#1 Single C source file zlib-replacement library
zlib 1.2.12#1 A compression library
zlib-ng 2.0.6 zlib replacement with optimizations for 'next generation' systems
All vcpkg commands support a set of common options.
Experimental and may change or be removed at any time
Do not truncate long descriptions.
By default, long descriptions will be truncated to keep the tabular output browsable.