chocolatey / chocolatey/choco

search/list/find - config setting to control default behavior (by id only vs default of id, description, tags, etc)

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Description

A -filter option when using choco list/clist would be wonderful.

i.e. clist -l -filter a* would show only packages beginning with the letter "a."

If there is a current way to achieve the same results directly from choco.exe without such methods as (CMD) | filter "a" (which is not the same as above) than please excuse my ignorance and educate me.

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Research direction

Start by examining the choco list and clist command entry points and how choco.exe parses existing options. Compare the requested -filter a* behavior with the title's default search-field setting, then define which behavior the command should expose and verify that package listings are limited as requested.

Written by the indexing model from the issue text.

Assessment

Tech stack
csharp
Domain
cli
Issue type
Feature
Difficulty
4/5
Estimated time
3-5 days
Activity status
Stale
Clarity
Mostly clear
Newbie friendliness
35/100

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