OS X essentiality MacPorts has a convenient command line user interface for querying and browsing available software packages. For instance a simple "ports info pine” will net:
pine @4.64 (mail)
Variants: darwin_9, ssl_plain
Description: Pine is a tool for reading, sending, and managing
electronic messages that was designed with novice
users inmind.
Homepage: http://www.washington.edu/pine/
Platforms: darwin
License: unknown
Maintainers: sean@fuzzymagic.com
A more graphical option for the occasional port lookup is to use OS X built-in file indexing system Spotlight that happily provides as-you-type matching of available ports in the local ports tree.
The corresponding port file directory will typically be the top match when searching for well-known unix software.
