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diff --git a/src/nix/search.md b/src/nix/search.md index 5a5b5ae05..4caa90654 100644 --- a/src/nix/search.md +++ b/src/nix/search.md @@ -62,10 +62,10 @@ R""( # Description -`nix search` searches *installable* (which must be evaluatable, e.g. a -flake) for packages whose name or description matches all of the +`nix search` searches [*installable*](./nix.md#installables) (which can be evaluated, that is, a +flake or Nix expression, but not a store path or store derivation path) for packages whose name or description matches all of the regular expressions *regex*. For each matching package, It prints the -full attribute name (from the root of the installable), the version +full attribute name (from the root of the [installable](./nix.md#installables)), the version and the `meta.description` field, highlighting the substrings that were matched by the regular expressions. If no regular expressions are specified, all packages are shown. |