1tracker-search(1) User Commands tracker-search(1)
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6 tracker-search - Search all content for keywords
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10 tracker-search [OPTION...] EXPRESSION [EXPRESSION...]
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14 tracker-search searches all indexed content for EXPRESSION. The
15 resource in which EXPRESSION matches must exist (see --all for more
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17 cases, if no EXPRESSION is given for an argument (like --folders for
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21 One or more terms to search. The default operation is a logical
22 AND. For logical OR operations, see -r.
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26 Give a short help message.
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28 -l, --limit=N
29 Limit search to N results. The default is 512.
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32 Offset the search results by N. For example, start at item num‐
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36 Use OR for search terms instead of AND (the default)
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39 Show the unique URN associated with each search result. This
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43 Show results which might not be available. This might bebecause
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49 -f, --files=EXPRESSION
50 Search for files of any type matching EXPRESSION (optional).
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52 -e, --folders=EXPRESSION
53 Search for folders matching EXPRESSION (optional).
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56 Search for music files matching EXPRESSION (optional).
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58 --music-albums=ALBUM
59 Search for music albums matching ALBUM (optional).
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62 Search for music artists matching ARTIST (optional).
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65 Search for images matching EXPRESSION (optional).
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68 Search for videos matching EXPRESSION (optional).
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71 Search for documents matching EXPRESSION (optional).
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74 Search for emails matching EXPRESSION (optional). Returns a list
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78 Search for contacts matching EXPRESSION (optional). Returns a
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82 Print version.
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90GNU July 2009 tracker-search(1)