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.SH "NAME"
port-list \- List available ports
.SH "SYNOPSIS"
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\fBport\fR \fBlist\fR
     [[\fIportname\fR | \fIpseudo\-portname\fR | \fIport\-expressions\fR | \fIport\-url\fR]]
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.SH "DESCRIPTION"
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\fBport list\fR with no arguments prints a list of all ports available through MacPorts\&. If given one or more ports as arguments, it prints the information only for the latest version of the given port(s)\&. It prints name, version number and the relative path of the port in the ports tree, i\&.e\&. the name of the primary category followed by the port name\&.
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\fBport list\fR will always print the latest \fBavailable\fR version, which is not necessarily the version you have installed\&.
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This leads to the common mistake that \fBport list installed\fR lists the same port multiple times in the same version\&. This happens because \fBinstalled\fR expands to a list of installed ports and their versions, but \fBport list\fR ignores the version and prints the latest available version for each occurrence of a port in \fBinstalled\fR\&. In these cases, you should use \fBport-installed\fR(1) or \fBport-echo\fR(1) instead\&. \fBport installed\fR and \fBport echo\fR also have the advantage of being much faster\&.
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Pretty much the only use case for \fBport list\fR is checking which version of a specific port is current in MacPorts, or if a port exists at all\&. Do \fBnot\fR use \fBport list\fR to print \fBoutdated\fR, \fBinactive\fR, \fBinstalled\fR, \fBrequested\fR, \fBleaves\fR, or other pseudo\-ports\&. Use \fBport-outdated\fR(1), \fBport-installed\fR(1), or \fBport-echo\fR(1) instead\&.
.SH "SEE ALSO"
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\fBport\fR(1), \fBport-installed\fR(1), \fBport-echo\fR(1), \fBport-outdated\fR(1)
.SH "AUTHORS"
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(C) 2014 The MacPorts Project
Clemens Lang <cal@macports\&.org>
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