Searching for packages with apt

Apparently, it is possible to search for packages with apt. Here is it works:

apt-cache search mplayer

Masks are also supported. Consider the difference (package descriptions were removed for cleaner output):

[leonid@ltsp ~]$ apt-cache search lad
glade2
intltool
libglade
libglade
libglade2
libglade2-devel
pygtk2-libglade
qt-designer
Gtk-Perl
ladspa
ladspa-devel
mplayer
xine-lib

[leonid@ltsp ~]$ apt-cache search '^lad'
ladspa
ladspa-devel

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