Hackers' Pub

Syntax	Description	Examples
`"` keyword `"`	Finds the string within quotes, including spaces. Case-insensitive. (Escape quotes inside with `\"`)	`"Hackers' Pub"`
`from:` handle	Finds content written by the specified user.	`from:hongminhee` `from:hongminhee@hollo.social`
`lang:` ISO 639-1	Finds content written in the specified language.	`lang:en`
`#` tag	Finds content with the specified tag. Case-insensitive.	`#HackersPub`
condition condition	Finds content that satisfies both conditions on either side of the space (logical AND).	`"Hackers' Pub" lang:en`
condition `OR` condition	Finds content that satisfies at least one of the conditions on either side of the OR operator (logical OR).	`#HackersPub OR "Hackers' Pub" lang:en`
`(` condition `)`	Combines the operators within the parentheses first.	`(#HackersPub OR "Hackers' Pub" OR "Hackers Pub") lang:en`

Ned Batchelder @nedbat@hachyderm.io

8/1/2025, 9:27:33 PM

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Fun fun: if you make a shell heredoc to populate a Markdown file, and you put commands in backticks, it will execute the commands! Quote your heredoc marker to prevent chaos...

Bad:
cat > README.md << --end-readme--
Here's a dangerous command: `remove-everything`.
--end-readme--

Good:
cat > README.md << "--end-readme--"
Here's a dangerous command: `remove-everything`.
--end-readme--

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