Brew cheatsheet

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Update brew and formulas

$ brew update

List installed packages

$ brew list

Install packages

$ brew install ansible

Find old installed packages

$ brew outdated

Upgrade everything

$ brew upgrade

Upgrade one formula

$ brew upgrade ansible

Stop something from being updated

$ brew pin $FORMULA

Reverse:

$ brew unpin $FORMULA

Remove old versions of package

$ brew cleanup $FORMULA

Remove all old version

$ brew cleanup 

View what needs to be cleaned

$ brew cleanup -n

Edit a formula

$ brew edit ansible

Troubleshooting

Problems after Yosemite upgrade? answer