Easily Search for a Package in Ubuntu using the command line

You can filter results with "grep" as shown here:

elijahlofgren@elijahlaptop:~$ sudo apt-cache search vnc | grep client
tsclient - front-end for viewing of remote desktops in GNOME
vinagre - VNC client for the GNOME Desktop
directvnc - VNC client using the framebuffer as display
libnb-svnclientadapter-java - High-level Java API to subversion
xtightvncviewer - virtual network computing client software for X
xvnc4viewer - Virtual network computing client software for X
elijahlofgren@elijahlaptop:~$