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| -rw-r--r-- | lib/spack/docs/basic_usage.rst | 25 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | lib/spack/spack/cmd/list.py | 3 |
2 files changed, 23 insertions, 5 deletions
diff --git a/lib/spack/docs/basic_usage.rst b/lib/spack/docs/basic_usage.rst index 50c48b802b..f4d42c23ad 100644 --- a/lib/spack/docs/basic_usage.rst +++ b/lib/spack/docs/basic_usage.rst @@ -24,12 +24,29 @@ Spack can install: .. command-output:: spack list -The packages are listed by name in alphabetical order. You can also -do wildcats searches using ``*``: +The packages are listed by name in alphabetical order. If you specify a +pattern to match, it will follow this set of rules. A pattern with no +wildcards, ``*`` or ``?``, will be treated as though it started and ended iwth +``*``, so ``util`` is equivalent to ``*util*``. A pattern with no capitol +letters will be treated as case-insensitive. You can also add the ``-i`` flag +to specify a case insensitive search, or ``-d`` to search the description of +the package in addition to the name. Some examples: -.. command-output:: spack list m* +All packages whose names contain "sql" case insensitive: -.. command-output:: spack list *util* +.. command-output:: spack list sql + +All packages whose names start with a capitol M: + +.. command-output:: spack list M* + +All packages whose names or descriptions contain Documentation: + +.. command-output:: spack list -d Documentation + +All packages whose names contain documentation case insensitive: + +.. command-output:: spack list -d documentation .. _spack-info: diff --git a/lib/spack/spack/cmd/list.py b/lib/spack/spack/cmd/list.py index 9ce63fa1a4..974c4778ab 100644 --- a/lib/spack/spack/cmd/list.py +++ b/lib/spack/spack/cmd/list.py @@ -58,7 +58,8 @@ def list(parser, args): r = fnmatch.translate('*' + f + '*') else: r = fnmatch.translate(f) - rc = re.compile(r, flags=re.I if args.insensitive else 0) + rc = re.compile(r, flags=re.I if args.insensitive or not any( + l.isupper() for l in f) else 0) res.append(rc) if args.search_description: |