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This is a CLI Docs Problem, not another kind of Docs Problem.

• This is a CLI Docs Problem.

Description of Problem

# npm search --help
Search for packages

Usage:
npm search [search terms ...]

Options:
[-l|--long] [--json] [--color|--no-color|--color always] [-p|--parseable]
[--no-description] [--searchopts <searchopts>] [--searchexclude <searchexclude>]
[--registry <registry>] [--prefer-online] [--prefer-offline] [--offline]

aliases: find, s, se

Run "npm help search" for more info

As you can see all parameters are in square brackets, so they are optional.
Doing search:

# npm search --registry=https://my.local.registry
npm ERR! search must be called with arguments

??? With what arguments ? Help does not show any arguments requirement.
Trying another help (as stated by npm itself - Run "npm help search" for more info):

# npm help search
npm ERR! help process exited with code: ENOENT

WTF ??? Where is normal help ?

Versions:
npm-9.8.1
nodejs-18.18.2

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