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search [[cat]egory] <search term>

The search command does exactly what you might think – it searches modules. It is essentially the same as the ls command by returning the categories and modules, but it also returns a one-line description of each module that was searched to give you a better idea of what a certain module does. The reason for this is that the output of a search will almost certainly be smaller than just running ls, so there is room for a more specific output.

You can also search by category to list all the modules within that category by using the cat or category keyword as the section string in your search.

This following example will return all the modules that have ec2 in their name:

   search ec2 

This following example ...