Difference between revisions of "How to use Aminet"
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===How to search efficiently=== | ===How to search efficiently=== | ||
| − | If you just enter a search term that does not contain any special characters (see below), Aminet will find all matches containing your search | + | If you just enter a search term that does not contain any special characters (see below), Aminet will find all matches containing your search term - i.e. 'foo' will actually search for '#?foo#?' and will return all strings containing 'foo'. |
The search function also accepts wildcards: Just like under AmigaDOS, <b>#?</b> will match anything, while <b>?</b> will match a single character. Please note that as soon as you use wildcards, searching will try to match the exact phrase you entered, so you need to say '#?foo#?' to match all strings containg foo while 'foo#?' will only find strings starting with foo. | The search function also accepts wildcards: Just like under AmigaDOS, <b>#?</b> will match anything, while <b>?</b> will match a single character. Please note that as soon as you use wildcards, searching will try to match the exact phrase you entered, so you need to say '#?foo#?' to match all strings containg foo while 'foo#?' will only find strings starting with foo. | ||
| − | A good example is to search filenames for <b>lha#?</b>�- this will find all filenames starting with 'lha' and is the best way to find the actual LhA executable without getting all LhA archives listed. | + | A good example is to search filenames for <b>lha#?</b> �- this will find all filenames starting with 'lha' and is the best way to find the actual LhA executable without getting all LhA archives listed. |
Note: Instead of <b>#?</b>, you can also use <b>*</b> or <b>%</b>. | Note: Instead of <b>#?</b>, you can also use <b>*</b> or <b>%</b>. | ||
Revision as of 23:11, 24 July 2006
How to search efficiently
If you just enter a search term that does not contain any special characters (see below), Aminet will find all matches containing your search term - i.e. 'foo' will actually search for '#?foo#?' and will return all strings containing 'foo'.
The search function also accepts wildcards: Just like under AmigaDOS, #? will match anything, while ? will match a single character. Please note that as soon as you use wildcards, searching will try to match the exact phrase you entered, so you need to say '#?foo#?' to match all strings containg foo while 'foo#?' will only find strings starting with foo.
A good example is to search filenames for lha#? �- this will find all filenames starting with 'lha' and is the best way to find the actual LhA executable without getting all LhA archives listed.
Note: Instead of #?, you can also use * or %.
