searchdeb(1)

NAME

searchdeb - query the Debian mailing lists search engine

DESCRIPTION

searchdeb is a commandline script to query the Debian mailing list archives at http://www.debian.org/Lists-Archives/.

SYNOPSIS

searchdeb -H

searchdeb [ -l list1 [list2] ] [ -o ] [ -d ..] [ -k ] \
-p pattern

OPTIONS

-b: - download message bodies too

-D: - download and save the list names to a config file in ~/.searchscripts/. This allows for quicker startup as the list name page doesn't have to be pulled from lists.d.o each time. If you've used -D, you should run it once in a while to make sure the lists are up-to-date.

-d [Xq] | [Xy] | all: - search back X quarters or X years. E.g.
´-d 0q' will search just this quarter and
´-d 1y' will go back 1 year (this is the default)
´-d all' will search the whole archive

-e: - spelling errors allowed - 0,1,2; default 0

-H: - pull the mailing list home page into the browser

-k: - don't delete the hits file on exit. It will be in /tmp and start with deb__. It is always kept if the browser is Netscape.

-l <lists>: - default devel, all="devel mentors user". You can leave the "debian-" off for all lists that begin with that, except debian-lcs-eng (to differentiate it from lcs-eng.)

-L pattern: - print the lists that match the string pattern and exit. '*' for all.

-o: - lineonly; semicolon-separated words must be on the same line

-p: - search pattern. The -p is optional if it is the only switch. '-p \?' to view the Glimpse help at lists.debian.org.

-t <seconds>: - socket timeout, default 60

Patterns:

´this,that´
- comma finds either term in the file

´pgp;gpg;signing´
- semicolon wants all terms in the file

´some phrase´
- space wants terms adjacent, as if quoted

http://lists.debian.org/glimpse.html#sect7 has the complete pattern description

BROWSERS

If you use Netscape as your browser, the temp files will be left in /tmp and you'll have delete them occasionally. These files are automatically deleted if you use a different browser.

ENVIRONMENT

SSBROWSER: If this variable is set in the environment (e.g. export SSBROWSER=lynx) it is used.

X11BROWSER: Else if DISPLAY is set then the X11BROWSER environment variable is checked for the preferred browser. If unset it defaults to lynx.

CONSOLEBROWSER: Else the CONSOLEBROWSER environment variable is checked for the preferred console browser. If unset it defaults to lynx.

EXAMPLES

searchdeb -l devel user -d 2q -p 'sound modules;oss'
searchdeb -l policy -o -p 'burned out' -b
searchdeb -l policy devel -p 'autoconf;automake' -k
searchdeb 'python;gpl'

NOTES

- ^C stops the search and attempts to show the hits to that point