MyFirstBrain/Technik/Obsidian-Search.md

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Each word in the search term is matched independently within each file. To search for an exact phrase, surround it with quotes, for example "star wars". To search for quoted text within an exact phrase, you can escape the quotes by adding a backslash (\) in front of the quote, for example "they said \"hello\" to each other".

You can control whether to return files that contain all the words in your search term, or any of the words:

• meeting work returns files that contain both meeting and work.
• meeting OR work returns files that contain either meeting or work.

You can even combine the two in the same search term.

• meeting work OR meetup personal returns files for work meetings and personal meetups.

You can use parentheses to control the priority of each expression.

• meeting (work OR meetup) personal returns files that contain meeting, personal, and either work or meetup.

To exclude, or negate, a word from the search results, add a hyphen (-) in front of it:

• meeting -work returns files that contain meeting but not work.

You can exclude multiple expressions:

• meeting -work -meetup returns files that contain meeting but not work or meetup.

You can exclude a combination of expressions using parentheses:

• meeting -(work meetup) returns files that contain meeting but not both work and meetup.

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