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Using Yadle: Searching with Yadle: Search by Properties

Every file indexed by Yadle has specific properties that provide, amongst other things, information related to where the file is located, its size, age, and file extension. You can search Yadle using many of these properties, however, some of the search results will cover a larger subset than may be desired.

Properties vs Tags

Properties (!)

Properties (!) are essentially pieces of data that are assigned to the file once it has been indexed by Yadle. They are not assigned by a Yadle user.

Tags (#)

Tags (#), by contrast can be assigned to any file by a Yadle user. They are intended to denote categories that the file may belong to.

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Search by Properties

• Yadle search by properties provides a powerful mechanism for filtering search results based on one or more parameters
• Search properties are entered in the search bar as a term just like keywords and tags. All search properties start with !, followed by the property name and optional equality/inequality operator and values.
• Some properties have an equality “=“ or inequality “<“, “>”, “>=“, “<=“ operator and a value.
• A range of values can be searched for by including two of the same search properties in your search, but with a different equality/inequality operator terms on each.
• You can combine multiple properties, tags, and keywords all in the same search.

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Property Categories

1. General

!comments
Return files with one or more comments

@[filechannel]
Specify a specific file channel to search. This allows the searching of one or more File Channels. The user must own or follow the File Channels specified

!indexed[op][value]
Limit results to files that were indexed within the and parameters.

Example:

• !indexed<1d will return files indexed within the last 24 hours

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2. Age

!age[op][value]
Limit results to files whose age meets the [op] and [value] parameters. The value can be specified using the following:

• day or days (d/D/day/Day/days/Days) *this is default
• week or weeks (w/W/week/Week/weeks/Weeks)
• month or months (m/M/month/Month/months/Months)
• year or years (y/Y/year/Year/years/Years)

Age is determined as the interval between the file modification date and the current time & date at your location.

Example:

• !age<1w will return files created or modified within the last week.
• !age>1m !age<1y will return files created or modified more than a month ago and less than a year ago.

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3. Duplicates

!unique
Return files that are unique, I.e. have no duplicates. Same as !duplicates=0.

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4. Platform

!linux
Returns files found on a system running a unix/linux variant.

!mac
Return files found on a system running macOS.

!osx
Return files found on a system running macOS.

!unix
Returns files found on a system running a unix/linux variant.

!windows
Return files found on a system running Windows.

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5. Size

!size[op][value]
Limit results to files whose size meets the [op] and [value] parameters specified. The default unit for the value parameter is bytes. The unit of values can be specified using these suffixes:

• k – kilobytes
• m – megabytes
• g – gigabytes
• t – terabytes
• p – petabytes
• e – exabytes
• z – zetabytes

The suffixes are case-insensitive and must immediately follow the value (no white space)

Example:

• !size>4g will return files greater than 4 gigabytes in size.
• !size>100m !size<=200m will return files that are between 100 megabytes and 200 megabytes (inclusive) in size.

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6. Tags

!tags
Return files that have 1 or more tags.

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7. Application

The following properties are used to filter results to only include those file types (extensions) supported by the specified application. It is an error to specify more than one application property in a single search.