command line search

Question

I want user to search for judge mangum...
C:\Program Files\Mythicsoft\Agent Ransack\AgentRansack.exe -o c:\afacts\searchresults.txt -oft -oc -c judge mangum -cex -d c:\afacts\doctemp -s

Returns: Unexpected command line parameter: mangum

But, then i get results.

I try this...
C:\Program Files\Mythicsoft\Agent Ransack\AgentRansack.exe -o c:\afacts\searchresults.txt -oft -oc -c judge or mangum -cex -d c:\afacts\doctemp -s

Returns: Unexpected command line parameter: or

What am i doing wrong?

Answer 1

Each command line parameter is expected to take up a single 'slot'. Use quotes to enter parameters with spaces in them, e.g.

C:\Program Files\Mythicsoft\Agent Ransack\AgentRansack.exe -o c:\afacts\searchresults.txt -oft -oc -c "judge mangum" -ceb -d c:\afacts\doctemp -s

which is the equivalent of searching for:

-c "judge AND magnum"

If you wanted to search for the exact phrase "judge magnum" you'd put it in quotes but because you're already using quotes those quotes would need to be escaped, i.e.

-c "\"judge magnum\""

Important: In your question you specified -cex which indicates Regular Expression. However, you probably want Boolean expression, ie allow use of AND, OR, NOT, NEAR, etc. Therefore I've changed the command line to specify -ceb.

Comments

Thanks for your reply... How can i search for 'judge' or 'magnum'? should i use: "judge or mangum"?

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Almost right, try "judge OR magnum"