Usage::
- ml-search.py [-i] [-I] [-t] [-s] [-f] ...
+ ml-search.py [-i] [-I] [-t] [-s] [-f] [-d] ...
Search through the database and display results. Currently can only
search authors by name.
(this is the default)
-s, --substring search type: substring anywhere
-f, --full search type: match the full string
+ -d, --details Output more details about found objects;
+ repeat for even more details
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
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]
+ ml-search.py [-i/-I] [-t/-s/-f] books [-t title] [-s series] [-a archive] [-f file] [--surname name] [--name name] [--misc-name name] [--fullname name] [-e ext] [--gname name] [--gtitle title] [-l lang]
Search and print a list of books by title, series, archive or file name.
-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
+ --surname surname Search by author's surname
+ --name name Search by author's name
+ --misc-name misc. name Search by author's misc. name
+ --fullname name Search by author's full name
+ -e, --ext ext Search by file extension
+ --gname name Search by genre's name
+ --gtitle title Search by genre's title
+ -l, --lang lang Search by language
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.
+prints the file date and language. With three `-d` it prints archive
+name, file name, extension and size, and flag if the book is marked to
+be deleted.
+
Extension search
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
Search and print a list of extensions by name.
+
Genres search
^^^^^^^^^^^^^
-n, --name name Search by name
-t, --title title Search by title
+
Language search
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^