X-Git-Url: https://git.phdru.name/?a=blobdiff_plain;f=docs%2Fcommand_line.rst;h=1e3adc64f5e342315edc7e8382ac538b9e8cd0d5;hb=008868e3fba7af00b83631666aa5958a23560e57;hp=bb3b8a264f29b79db881bc87b9b004178aced579;hpb=0e748b3079d865e98729d4bff04552518cf461b9;p=m_librarian.git diff --git a/docs/command_line.rst b/docs/command_line.rst index bb3b8a2..1e3adc6 100644 --- a/docs/command_line.rst +++ b/docs/command_line.rst @@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ ml-search.py Usage:: - ml-search.py [-i] [-I] [-t {exact,start,substring}] ... + ml-search.py [-i] [-I] [-t] [-s] [-f] ... Search through the database and display results. Currently can only search authors by name. @@ -40,9 +40,10 @@ Global options:: -i, --ignore-case ignore case (default is to guess) -I, --case-sensitive don't ignore case - -t, --search-type {exact,start,substring} - search type: exact match, substring at the start (this is the default), - substring anywhere. + -t, --start search type: substring at the start + (this is the default) + -s, --substring search type: substring anywhere + -f, --full search type: match the full string Options ``-i/-I`` cannot be used together as they are the opposite. In case none of them are used the program guesses case-sensitivity by @@ -50,15 +51,16 @@ looking at the arguments. If all arguments are lowercase the program performs case-insensitive search. If there are UPPERCASE or MixedCase arguments the program performs case-sensitive search. -Option ``-t/--search-type`` defines the search type. Search types are: +Options ``-t/-s/-f`` define the search type. Search types are: -* exact - search for exact match; i.e. searching for "duck" returns - results for "duck" but not for "duckling"; * start - search for substring at the start of the search field; for example searching for "duck" returns results for "duck" and "duckling" but not for "McDuck"; this is the default search type. * substring - search for any substring; "duck" => "duck", "duckling", "McDuck" (except for case-sensitive search, of course). +* full - search for exact match, compare the entire strings; + i.e. searching for "duck" returns results for "duck" but not for + "duckling"; Author search @@ -66,9 +68,9 @@ Author search Usage:: - ml-search.py [-i] [-I] [-t ...] author [-s surname] [-n name] [-m misc-name] + ml-search.py [-i/-I] [-t/-s/-f] author [-s surname] [-n name] [-m misc-name] [fullname] -Search and print a list of authors by surname/name/misc name. +Search and print a list of authors by surname/name/misc name/full name. Options:: @@ -91,13 +93,60 @@ Example:: Search and print a list of authors whose surname starts with "duck", and name starts with "mack", case insensitive. +Book search +^^^^^^^^^^^ + +Usage:: + + ml-search.py [-i/-I] [-t/-s/-f] books [-t title] [-s series] [-a archive] [-f file] [-d] + +Search and print a list of books by title, series, archive or file name. + +Options:: + + -t, --title title Search by title + -s, --series series Search by series + -a, --archive archive Search by archive (zip file) + -f, --file file Search by file name (without extension) + -d, --details Output more details about books; + repeat for even more details + +By default the program prints only titles of the found book. With one +option `-d` it also prints the list of authors and genres, and also +series the book belongs to (if any) and the serial number of the book in +the series. With two options `-d` (`-d -d` or simply `-dd`) it also +prints the file date, language and file extension. + Extension search ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ Usage:: - ml-search.py [-i] [-I] [-t ...] ext name + ml-search.py [-i/-I] [-t/-s/-f] ext [name] Search and print a list of extensions by name. +Genres search +^^^^^^^^^^^^^ + +Usage:: + + ml-search.py [-i/-I] [-t/-s/-f] genres [-n name] [-t title] + +Search and print a list of genres by name and title. + +Options:: + + -n, --name name Search by name + -t, --title title Search by title + +Language search +^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ + +Usage:: + + ml-search.py [-i/-I] [-t/-s/-f] lang [name] + +Search and print a list of languages by name. + .. vim: set tw=72 :