paket find-packages

Search for NuGet packages.

paket find-packages [--help] [--source <source URL>] [--max <int>] <package ID>

SEARCH:

    <package ID>          search for NuGet package ID

OPTIONS:

    --source <source URL> specify source URL
    --max <int>           limit maximum number of results
    --silent, -s          suppress console output
    --verbose, -v         print detailed information to the console
    --log-file <path>     print output to a file
    --help                display this list of options.

If you add the --verbose flag Paket will run in verbose mode and show detailed information.

With --log-file [path] you can trace the logged information into a file.

Silent mode

The silent mode can be used for tooling support in various editors. It allows to create suggestions for paket add:

paket find-packages --silent

The command prints package names matching entered text enabling package name suggestions. It will keep running in a loop until it receives the text :q.

Example

Run the command paket find-packages --silent and enter a search term (fake was used here).

$ paket find-packages --silent
fake
FAKE
FakeSign
Faker
FakeO
FakeHost
FakeData
FAKEX
FAKE.SQL
FAKE.IIS
FAKE.Lib
Fake.AWS
FakeN.Web
FSharp.FakeTargets
FakeHttp
FakeDb
FakeDbSet
FAKE.Core
FAKE.Gallio
Faker.Net
Sitecore.FakeDb