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If your terminal has color 1581cb0ef41Sopenharmony_cisupport, it will further highlight the matches in the results. This can 1591cb0ef41Sopenharmony_cibe disabled with the config item <code>color</code></p> 1601cb0ef41Sopenharmony_ci<p>Additionally, using the <code>--searchopts</code> and <code>--searchexclude</code> options 1611cb0ef41Sopenharmony_cipaired with more search terms will include and exclude further patterns. 1621cb0ef41Sopenharmony_ciThe main difference between <code>--searchopts</code> and the standard search terms 1631cb0ef41Sopenharmony_ciis that the former does not highlight results in the output and you can 1641cb0ef41Sopenharmony_ciuse them more fine-grained filtering. Additionally, you can add both of 1651cb0ef41Sopenharmony_cithese to your config to change default search filtering behavior.</p> 1661cb0ef41Sopenharmony_ci<p>Search also allows targeting of maintainers in search results, by prefixing 1671cb0ef41Sopenharmony_citheir npm username with <code>=</code>.</p> 1681cb0ef41Sopenharmony_ci<p>If a term starts with <code>/</code>, then it's interpreted as a regular expression 1691cb0ef41Sopenharmony_ciand supports standard JavaScript RegExp syntax. In this case search will 1701cb0ef41Sopenharmony_ciignore a trailing <code>/</code> . (Note you must escape or quote many regular 1711cb0ef41Sopenharmony_ciexpression characters in most shells.)</p> 1721cb0ef41Sopenharmony_ci<h3 id="configuration">Configuration</h3> 1731cb0ef41Sopenharmony_ci<h4 id="long"><code>long</code></h4> 1741cb0ef41Sopenharmony_ci<ul> 1751cb0ef41Sopenharmony_ci<li>Default: false</li> 1761cb0ef41Sopenharmony_ci<li>Type: Boolean</li> 1771cb0ef41Sopenharmony_ci</ul> 1781cb0ef41Sopenharmony_ci<p>Show extended information in <code>ls</code>, <code>search</code>, and <code>help-search</code>.</p> 1791cb0ef41Sopenharmony_ci<h4 id="json"><code>json</code></h4> 1801cb0ef41Sopenharmony_ci<ul> 1811cb0ef41Sopenharmony_ci<li>Default: false</li> 1821cb0ef41Sopenharmony_ci<li>Type: Boolean</li> 1831cb0ef41Sopenharmony_ci</ul> 1841cb0ef41Sopenharmony_ci<p>Whether or not to output JSON data, rather than the normal output.</p> 1851cb0ef41Sopenharmony_ci<ul> 1861cb0ef41Sopenharmony_ci<li>In <code>npm pkg set</code> it enables parsing set values with JSON.parse() before 1871cb0ef41Sopenharmony_cisaving them to your <code>package.json</code>.</li> 1881cb0ef41Sopenharmony_ci</ul> 1891cb0ef41Sopenharmony_ci<p>Not supported by all npm commands.</p> 1901cb0ef41Sopenharmony_ci<h4 id="color"><code>color</code></h4> 1911cb0ef41Sopenharmony_ci<ul> 1921cb0ef41Sopenharmony_ci<li>Default: true unless the NO_COLOR environ is set to something other than '0'</li> 1931cb0ef41Sopenharmony_ci<li>Type: "always" or Boolean</li> 1941cb0ef41Sopenharmony_ci</ul> 1951cb0ef41Sopenharmony_ci<p>If false, never shows colors. If <code>"always"</code> then always shows colors. If 1961cb0ef41Sopenharmony_citrue, then only prints color codes for tty file descriptors.</p> 1971cb0ef41Sopenharmony_ci<h4 id="parseable"><code>parseable</code></h4> 1981cb0ef41Sopenharmony_ci<ul> 1991cb0ef41Sopenharmony_ci<li>Default: false</li> 2001cb0ef41Sopenharmony_ci<li>Type: Boolean</li> 2011cb0ef41Sopenharmony_ci</ul> 2021cb0ef41Sopenharmony_ci<p>Output parseable results from commands that write to standard output. For 2031cb0ef41Sopenharmony_ci<code>npm search</code>, this will be tab-separated table format.</p> 2041cb0ef41Sopenharmony_ci<h4 id="description2"><code>description</code></h4> 2051cb0ef41Sopenharmony_ci<ul> 2061cb0ef41Sopenharmony_ci<li>Default: true</li> 2071cb0ef41Sopenharmony_ci<li>Type: Boolean</li> 2081cb0ef41Sopenharmony_ci</ul> 2091cb0ef41Sopenharmony_ci<p>Show the description in <code>npm search</code></p> 2101cb0ef41Sopenharmony_ci<h4 id="searchopts"><code>searchopts</code></h4> 2111cb0ef41Sopenharmony_ci<ul> 2121cb0ef41Sopenharmony_ci<li>Default: ""</li> 2131cb0ef41Sopenharmony_ci<li>Type: String</li> 2141cb0ef41Sopenharmony_ci</ul> 2151cb0ef41Sopenharmony_ci<p>Space-separated options that are always passed to search.</p> 2161cb0ef41Sopenharmony_ci<h4 id="searchexclude"><code>searchexclude</code></h4> 2171cb0ef41Sopenharmony_ci<ul> 2181cb0ef41Sopenharmony_ci<li>Default: ""</li> 2191cb0ef41Sopenharmony_ci<li>Type: String</li> 2201cb0ef41Sopenharmony_ci</ul> 2211cb0ef41Sopenharmony_ci<p>Space-separated options that limit the results from search.</p> 2221cb0ef41Sopenharmony_ci<h4 id="registry"><code>registry</code></h4> 2231cb0ef41Sopenharmony_ci<ul> 2241cb0ef41Sopenharmony_ci<li>Default: "<a href="https://registry.npmjs.org/">https://registry.npmjs.org/</a>"</li> 2251cb0ef41Sopenharmony_ci<li>Type: URL</li> 2261cb0ef41Sopenharmony_ci</ul> 2271cb0ef41Sopenharmony_ci<p>The base URL of the npm registry.</p> 2281cb0ef41Sopenharmony_ci<h4 id="prefer-online"><code>prefer-online</code></h4> 2291cb0ef41Sopenharmony_ci<ul> 2301cb0ef41Sopenharmony_ci<li>Default: false</li> 2311cb0ef41Sopenharmony_ci<li>Type: Boolean</li> 2321cb0ef41Sopenharmony_ci</ul> 2331cb0ef41Sopenharmony_ci<p>If true, staleness checks for cached data will be forced, making the CLI 2341cb0ef41Sopenharmony_cilook for updates immediately even for fresh package data.</p> 2351cb0ef41Sopenharmony_ci<h4 id="prefer-offline"><code>prefer-offline</code></h4> 2361cb0ef41Sopenharmony_ci<ul> 2371cb0ef41Sopenharmony_ci<li>Default: false</li> 2381cb0ef41Sopenharmony_ci<li>Type: Boolean</li> 2391cb0ef41Sopenharmony_ci</ul> 2401cb0ef41Sopenharmony_ci<p>If true, staleness checks for cached data will be bypassed, but missing data 2411cb0ef41Sopenharmony_ciwill be requested from the server. To force full offline mode, use 2421cb0ef41Sopenharmony_ci<code>--offline</code>.</p> 2431cb0ef41Sopenharmony_ci<h4 id="offline"><code>offline</code></h4> 2441cb0ef41Sopenharmony_ci<ul> 2451cb0ef41Sopenharmony_ci<li>Default: false</li> 2461cb0ef41Sopenharmony_ci<li>Type: Boolean</li> 2471cb0ef41Sopenharmony_ci</ul> 2481cb0ef41Sopenharmony_ci<p>Force offline mode: no network requests will be done during install. 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