It's common knowledge that special characters need to be escaped in
bash.
aptitude search ?name\(apt\)
works just fine.
** Changed in: aptitude (Ubuntu)
Status: New => Invalid
** Changed in: aptitude (Ubuntu)
Assignee: (unassigned) => Rolf Leggewie (r0lf)
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aptitude Search Patterns don't work
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/415386
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