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NAME
     pinot-search - Query search engines from the command-line

SYNOPSIS
     pinot-search [OPTIONS] SEARCHENGINETYPE SEARCHENGINENAME|SEARCHENGINEOPTION
     QUERYINPUT

DESCRIPTION
     ModuleFactory::loadModules:  xapian  is  supported  by  libxapianbackend.so
     pinot-search - Query search engines from the command-line

OPTIONS
     -d, --datefirst
	    sort by date then by relevance

     -h, --help
	    display this help and exit

     -l, --locationonly
	    only show the location of each result

     -m, --max
	    maximum number of results (default 10)

     -r, --storedquery
	    query input is the name of a stored query

     -s, --stemming
	    stemming language (in English)

     -c, --tocsv
	    file to export results in CSV format to

     -x, --toxml
	    file to export results in XML format to

     -v, --version
	    output version information and exit

     Supported search engine types are: 'opensearch' 'sherlock' 'xapian'

EXAMPLES
     pinot-search    opensearch    /usr/local/share/pinot/engines/KrustyDescrip-
     tion.xml "clowns"

     pinot-search   --max  20  sherlock  /usr/local/share/pinot/engines/Bozo.src
     "clowns"

     pinot-search xapian ~/.pinot/index "label:Clowns"

     pinot-search --stemming english xapian somehostname:12345 "clowning"

REPORTING BUGS
     Report bugs to fabrice.colin@gmail.com

     This is free software.  You may redistribute copies of it under  the  terms
     of  the  GNU  General  Public  License <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/old-li-
     censes/gpl-2.0.html>.
     There is NO WARRANTY, to the extent permitted by law.

pinot 1.24			    May 2026			 PINOT-SEARCH(1)
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