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Synopsis

localsearch search [options​...] [resource-type] <search-terms>

Description

localsearch search searches all indexed content for the given search terms​. Results are returned in ascending order​.

<search-terms>

One or more words to search for​. When multiple terms are provided, the default operation is a logical AND​. For logical OR operations, see -r​.

If no search terms are supplied, then all items are returned​.

Only resources which currently exist will be returned by this command (see --all for more information)​.

Resource Types

-f,  --files

Search for files of any type matching search-terms​.

-s,  --folders

Search for folders matching search-terms​.

-m,  --music

Search for music files matching search-terms​.

--music-albums

Search for music albums matching search-terms​.

--music-artists

Search for music artists matching search-terms​.

-i,  --images

Search for images matching search-terms​.

-v,  --videos

Search for videos matching search-terms​.

-t,  --documents

Search for documents matching search-terms​.

--software

Search for software files matching search-terms​.

Options

-l, --limit=<limit>

Limit search to limit results​.

-o, --offset=<offset>

Offset the search results by offset​. For example, start at item number 10 in the results​. The default is 0​.

-d, --detailed

Show the unique URN associated with each search result and a snippet of the matched search terms, if any was provided​.

-a, --all

Show results which might not be available​. This might bebecause a removable media is not mounted for example​. Without this option, resources are only shown if they exist​.

-m, --mount=<FILE>

If a removable device mount path is specified, the information will be retrieved from the specific database for this mount point​. If it is not specified, the data will be obtained from the main instance​.

See Also

localsearch status(1), localsearch tag(1), localsearch info(1)​.

Info

09/22/2026 3.12.0 LocalSearch manual