1 files changed, 5 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/bin/brew b/bin/brew
index 24939a019..b3a1a3c82 100755
--- a/bin/brew
+++ b/bin/brew
@@ -52,7 +52,11 @@ begin
 
     when 'search', '-S'
       formulae = (HOMEBREW_PREFIX+'Library'+'Formula').children.sort.map{|f| f.basename('.rb') }
-      puts_columns formulae.grep(Regexp.new(ARGV.first || ''))
+      if ARGV.first =~ /^\/(.*)\/$/
+        puts_columns formulae.grep(Regexp.new($1))
+      else
+        puts_columns formulae.grep(/.*#{ARGV.first}.*/)
+      end
 
     when 'edit'
       if ARGV.named_empty?