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# vcpkg search
**The latest version of this documentation is available on [GitHub](https://github.com/Microsoft/vcpkg/tree/master/docs/commands/search.md).**
## Synopsis
```no-highlight
vcpkg search [options] [query]
```
## Description
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.
## Example
```no-highlight
$ 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
```
## Options
All vcpkg commands support a set of [common options](common-options.md).
### `--x-full-desc`
**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.
[Registries]: ../users/registries.md