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Searching

The syntax of a search request is:

mingle search keywords [-ts] [-a AND|OR] [-n num]

By default, Mingle performs search in file contents. Use -t option to search keywords in file names.

Use a pair of quotation marks "" to enclose all the keywords if multiple keywords are specified. Mingle also supports wildcard matching where you can use a "*" to match one or more characters.

If you use the -s option, then Mingle will display all the matching results in a file. By default, Mingle only displays the first result in each file.

Use the -a option to specify the logic operations among keywords. The default logic operation is "OR".

Use the -n option to specify the number of results to be displayed. By default, the first 10 results are displayed for each query.

For example,

mingle search "fit*"

will return the first 10 files that contain any word starting with prefix "fit". For each file, Mingle displays the first line that a keyword appears.

mingle search "computer bovik" -s -a AND -n 5

will return the first 5 files that contain both the keyword computer and the keyword bovik. For each returned file, Mingle displays all the matched lines.