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When you need to check if FreeBSD ports contain a specific software, one needs to either use "find /usr/ports" or make use of the "make" utility.

Searching for [i]bash[/i] in FreeBSD ports:
[code]# make -C /usr/ports/ search key=bash | grep -vE "B-deps|R-deps" | less
...
Port: tuntun-0.4.0_3
Path: /usr/ports/security/tuntun
Info: A Gnome applet gui for OpenVPN
Maint: anderson@cnpm.embrapa.br
WWW: http://code.google.com/p/tuntun/

Port: unssh-1.4
Path: /usr/ports/security/unssh
Info: Fast way to delete entries from OpenSSH known_hosts file
Maint: semprix@gmx.com
WWW: http://unssh.sourceforge.net/

Port: bash-4.1.10
Path: /usr/ports/shells/bash
Info: The GNU Project's Bourne Again SHell
Maint: obrien@FreeBSD.org
WWW: http://cnswww.cns.cwru.edu/~chet/bash/bashtop.html

Port: bash-completion-1.3,1
Path: /usr/ports/shells/bash-completion
Info: Programmable completion library for Bash
Maint: adamw@FreeBSD.org
WWW: http://bash-completion.alioth.debian.org/

Port: bash-static-4.1.10
Path: /usr/ports/shells/bash-static
Info: The GNU Project's Bourne Again SHell
Maint: obrien@FreeBSD.org
WWW: http://cnswww.cns.cwru.edu/~chet/bash/bashtop.html
...
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Using "make search key=bash" will search all packages that contain "bash" in their name, dependendant ports package (which is a lot).

In case you only want to see ports that have "bash" in their name, use "make search name=bash"
[code]# make -C /usr/ports/ search name=bash
Port: ru-fortune-bashorgru-20080903
Path: /usr/ports/russian/fortune-bashorgru
Info: Fortunes from bash.org.ru and freebsd.rusnet.org.ru/bash
Maint: ports@FreeBSD.org
B-deps:
R-deps:
WWW: http://bash.org.ru

Port: bash-4.1.10
Path: /usr/ports/shells/bash
Info: The GNU Project's Bourne Again SHell
Maint: obrien@FreeBSD.org
B-deps: bison-2.4.3,1 gettext-0.18.1.1 libiconv-1.13.1_1 m4-1.4.16,1
R-deps: gettext-0.18.1.1 libiconv-1.13.1_1
WWW: http://cnswww.cns.cwru.edu/~chet/bash/bashtop.html

Port: bash-completion-1.3,1
Path: /usr/ports/shells/bash-completion
Info: Programmable completion library for Bash
Maint: adamw@FreeBSD.org
B-deps:
R-deps: bash-4.1.10 gettext-0.18.1.1 libiconv-1.13.1_1
WWW: http://bash-completion.alioth.debian.org/
...
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