Brew Operations

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Commands

update

Fetches the latest version of Homebrew and all formulae and upgrades.

doctor

Checks the Homebrew installation for potential problems and exit with a non-zero status if potential problems are found.

cleanup

Remove old version from cellar for all installed (or specified) formulae. Old downloads from the Homebrew download-cache are deleted.

list

Lists all installed formulae.

With a specific argument, list details about the installed artifacts associated with a specific formula.

brew list
brew list <formula>

Example:

brew list bash
/usr/local/Cellar/bash/4.4.19/bin/bash
/usr/local/Cellar/bash/4.4.19/bin/bashbug
/usr/local/Cellar/bash/4.4.19/include/bash/ (58 files)
/usr/local/Cellar/bash/4.4.19/lib/bash/ (26 files)
/usr/local/Cellar/bash/4.4.19/lib/pkgconfig/bash.pc
/usr/local/Cellar/bash/4.4.19/share/doc/ (10 files)
/usr/local/Cellar/bash/4.4.19/share/info/bash.info
/usr/local/Cellar/bash/4.4.19/share/locale/ (37 files)
/usr/local/Cellar/bash/4.4.19/share/man/ (2 files)

install

update

formula

Displays the path where the specified formula is located.

brew formula <formula-name>

tap

Without any arguments, display all taps available on the system:

brew tap

Add a New Tap

brew tap [--full] <user>/<repo> [URL]