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Some search terms can be written using <span class="quote">“<span class="quote">short</span>”</span>
forms, which consist of a tilde
(<span class="quote">“<span class="quote"><code class="literal">~</code></span>”</span>) followed by a single
character that identifies the term, and finally the
arguments (if any) to the term. For instance, the short
form of <code class="literal"><code class="literal"><a class="link" href="ch02s04s05.html#searchTermName">?name</a></code>(aptitude)</code> is <code class="literal">~n
aptitude</code>.
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When writing a term using its short form, tilde characters
and <span class="quote">“<span class="quote">whitespace</span>”</span> -- that is, space characters,
tabs, and so on -- will break the term off and start a new
term. For instance, <span class="quote">“<span class="quote"><code class="literal">~mDaniel
Burrows</code></span>”</span> will match any package whose
maintainer field contains
<span class="quote">“<span class="quote"><code class="literal">Daniel</code></span>”</span> and whose name
contains <span class="quote">“<span class="quote"><code class="literal">Burrows</code></span>”</span>, while
<span class="quote">“<span class="quote"><code class="literal">~i~napt</code></span>”</span> matches installed
packages whose name contains <code class="literal">apt</code>. To
include whitespace characters in the search expression, you
can either place a tilde in front of it (as in
<code class="literal">Daniel~ Burrows</code>) or place quotation marks
around it (as in <code class="literal">"Debian Project"</code> or even
<code class="literal">Debian" "Project</code>). Inside a quoted
string, the backslash character (<span class="quote">“<span class="quote">\</span>”</span>) can be
used to cancel the special meaning of the quotation mark:
for instance, <code class="literal">~d"\"email"</code> will match any
package whose description contains a quotation mark followed
immediately by <code class="literal">email</code>.
<a href="#ftn.idm2709" class="footnote" id="idm2709"><sup class="footnote">[16]</sup></a>
</p><div class="note" style="margin-left: 0.5in; margin-right: 0.5in;"><table border="0" summary="Note"><tr><td rowspan="2" align="center" valign="top" width="25"><img alt="[Note]" src="images/note.png" /></td><th align="left">Note</th></tr><tr><td align="left" valign="top"><p>
Question marks (<span class="quote">“<span class="quote"><code class="literal">?</code></span>”</span>) will
<span class="emphasis"><em>not</em></span> end the short form of a term,
even if they are followed by the name of a search term.
For instance,
<span class="quote">“<span class="quote"><code class="literal">~napt?priority(required)</code></span>”</span>
will match all packages whose name matches the regular
expression
<span class="quote">“<span class="quote"><code class="literal">apt?priority(required)</code></span>”</span>.
To combine a short query term with a search term specified
by name, add one or more spaces between the two terms, as
in
<span class="quote">“<span class="quote"><code class="literal">~napt ?priority(required)</code></span>”</span>,
or place quotation marks around the text (if any)
following the short form of a term, as in
<span class="quote">“<span class="quote"><code class="literal">~n"apt"?priority(required)</code></span>”</span>.
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<a class="xref" href="ch02s04s05.html#tableSearchTermQuickGuide" title="Table 2.3. Quick guide to search terms">Table 2.3, “Quick guide to search terms”</a> lists the short
form of each search term.
</p><div class="footnotes"><br /><hr style="width:100; text-align:left;margin-left: 0" /><div id="ftn.idm2709" class="footnote"><p><a href="#idm2709" class="para"><sup class="para">[16] </sup></a>
The backslash escapes <code class="literal">\\</code>,
<code class="literal">\n</code>, and <code class="literal">\t</code> are also
available.
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