4. Searching
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## 4. Searching

The simplest example of a Prefix Query would be something like

         f knuth

or

         f "donald knuth"

In those queries no attributes was specified. This leaves it up to the server what fields to search but most servers will search in all fields. Some servers does not support this feature though, and require that some attributes are defined. To add one attribute you could do:

         f @attr 1=4 computer

where we search in the title field, since the use(1) is title(4). If we want to search in the author field and in the title field, and in the title field using right truncation it could look something like this:

         f @and @attr 1=1003 knuth @attr 1=4 @attr 5=1 computer

Finally using a mix of Bib-1 and GILS attributes could look something like this:

         f @attrset Bib-1 @and @attr GILS 1=2008 Washington @attr 1=21 weather

For the full specification of the Prefix Query see the section Prefix Query Format.

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