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%%name: Bool

%%short-description: Utility for finding files that match a boolean expression.

%%full-description: <P>GNU Bool is a utility for finding files that
match a boolean expression.</P> 

<P>The boolean operators supported are AND, OR and NOT. Also supported
is the NEAR operator for locating two expressions within a short
distance from each other.</P>

<P>The text processing algorithm understands that newlines don't
always mean the end of a sentence. Therefore, the string "afternoon
sun" matches "afternoon\nsun" (notice the newline) because adjacent
lines are assumed to be in the same context. On the other hand, two
newlines would not match because they normally indicate a new
paragraph which means a different context. The dash character is also
supported to separate words before a newline, so the string
"after-\nnoon sun" would match.</P>

<P>The HTML processing algorithm understands many features of the HTML
4.01 standard. Entities are supported in decimal or in
hexadecimal. Elements also retain their structural meaning where the
string "daytime" matches "&lt;b&gt;day&lt;/b&gt;time" because the bold
text style does not separate words. On the other hand,
"&lt;p&gt;day&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;time&lt;/p&gt;" does not match because
paragraphs separate context.</P>


%%category: utilities

%%license: GPL
%%license verified by: Pasi Välkkynen <address@hidden>
%%license verified on: 2001-07-10

%%maintainer: Marc Tardif <address@hidden>

%%updated: 2001-07-10

%%keywords: boolean, search, find

%%interface: Command line

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%%GNU: yes

%%web-page: http://www.gnu.org/software/bool/bool.html

%%support: 

%%doc: English user reference included

%%developers: Marc Tardif <address@hidden>

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%%source: ftp://ftp.gnu.org/pub/gnu/bool/

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%%related: grep

%%source-language: C

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%%version: 0.1.1

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