A search for more than one word will find pages that contain all of the words. Use quotation marks to search for a phrase. Also use quotes for text with punctuation or special characters.

To limit your search to a single group, enter the group name followed by a slash at the beginning of the search string (e.g., "PmWiki/" or "Main/"). To list all pages, enter a slash for the search.

Search examples

Enter	To find pages containing
apple pie	both 'apple' and 'pie'
"apple pie"	the phrase 'apple pie'
pmwiki/apple	'apple' in the PmWiki group
"pmwiki/apple"	the phrase 'pmwiki/apple' in all groups
apple -pie	'apple', omitting those containing 'pie'
food -"apple pie"	'food', omitting those containing 'apple pie'
apple "-pie"	the words 'apple' and '-pie'
apple - pie	'apple', '-', and 'pie'
"pie:"	the word 'pie' with a colon
"pie=tasty"	the phrase 'pie=tasty'

Some special characters need to be enclosed in quotes, including the colon (:), equals sign (=), single quote (') and double quote(").

For advanced searches, PageLists parameters (count, group, fmt, link, list, order, and trail) can be entered together with the search string.