Searching the Vault

Obsidian's search feature allows you to quickly find notes, tags, and even specific words or phrases within your vault. This is super helpful for navigating large collections of notes and for pulling up information when you need it fast. To learn more, please visit the documentation.

The Vault supports all text based searching, including tags, keywords, regular expressions and pattern matching and more!

Benefits:

Speed: Search results are instant, making it easy to find what you're looking for.
Filters: You can refine searches using filters like tags, links, or specific file types.
Boolean operators: You can combine search terms using operators like "AND," "OR," and "NOT" for more precise results.
Regular expressions: For advanced users, regex can be used to perform complex searches.

How to Use:

Open Obsidian and hit Ctrl + K (or Cmd + K on Mac) to bring up the search bar, or to search all documents, click on the 🔍 icon.
Type your query (words, tags, etc.).
Use the filters in the search bar (e.g., #tag, link: [[note]]) for specific results.
Use * for wildcard searches, like *example* to find any note with "example" in it.
Navigate through results with the up/down arrows.

It’s a powerful way to streamline your note-taking process and find information efficiently. Below are 8 primary means of searching our Vault

1. Tag filter:

To search for specific tags:
```
#tagname
```

2. Link filter:

To search for notes that link to another note (or to a specific note):
```
link: [[Note Name]]
```

3. File path filter:

To search within a specific folder or path:
```
path: FolderName
```

4. File extension filter:

To search for a specific file type, like markdown or PDF:
```
ext: md
```
or
```
ext: pdf
```

5. Not filter:

To exclude certain terms from your search:
```
-term
```

6. Regex search:

You can use regular expressions for advanced searches:
```
/pattern/
```

7. Word proximity filter:

You can look for words that are near each other in the text (use this for more nuanced searches):
```
word1 word2
```

8. Search within specific field:

Search in a specific field like title or body of notes:
```
title:"Search Term"
```
or
```
body:"Search Term"
```

These filters can be combined, so you can get very specific with your search queries! For example, #tagname path:FolderName will search for notes with a certain tag within a particular folder.

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