From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Jun 23 15:08:52 2015 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@nevdull.freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [8.8.178.115]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher AECDH-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id D0D17EBC for ; Tue, 23 Jun 2015 15:08:52 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from brian@brianwhalen.net) Received: from mail-lb0-f170.google.com (mail-lb0-f170.google.com [209.85.217.170]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES128-GCM-SHA256 (128/128 bits)) (Client CN "smtp.gmail.com", Issuer "Google Internet Authority G2" (verified OK)) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 5D7727A7 for ; Tue, 23 Jun 2015 15:08:51 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from brian@brianwhalen.net) Received: by lbbwc1 with SMTP id wc1so8684570lbb.2 for ; Tue, 23 Jun 2015 08:08:43 -0700 (PDT) X-Google-DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=1e100.net; s=20130820; h=x-gm-message-state:mime-version:in-reply-to:references:date :message-id:subject:from:to:cc:content-type; bh=TADxStQdsM0L/xK0aF2HKdXMcGbZemGM4dOLA2ncuvA=; b=aCUEiIsNYx/eRmEV2CgOrYBhUf/9PYTtfdlxur9pODTZKWUPKoDve0RxOIjDVgQgwW 2mN8pSyd2xJgstoC8ATMbtmy7cxRzrgB4whGyZ5siGLbV4wuECEWsNUnoTBiUoZUh6en Fpb+lHjsNU4WTOH0qdQ9g81qgMHWJ6Acnv7KPYPn6sI7ceRmHrPkbRnwVzlDyFO4GNjJ tyEmovfeDpYDkhdmmoH/+NyFdCssS+v22gFEcC+CXSuetAg4sGvFhPBz6kS7aWk68INa zBXnIJZFEUUYKGOKhaaM2cOonwu1+eEILX077J/jzsx9gdE2yt72yKr1B022HhCCobDq P73Q== X-Gm-Message-State: ALoCoQkwn9NVT0w8nizfEnlD79+Vo1UH0DjLrI/6Zvr8XYuKkX0/rSVWe/T5+eyQKXwUc2SYgkEw MIME-Version: 1.0 X-Received: by 10.112.30.133 with SMTP id s5mr36118230lbh.31.1435071763104; Tue, 23 Jun 2015 08:02:43 -0700 (PDT) Received: by 10.152.4.194 with HTTP; Tue, 23 Jun 2015 08:02:42 -0700 (PDT) X-Originating-IP: [199.164.160.13] Received: by 10.152.4.194 with HTTP; Tue, 23 Jun 2015 08:02:42 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: <5589741E.30108@hiwaay.net> References: <5589741E.30108@hiwaay.net> Date: Tue, 23 Jun 2015 08:02:42 -0700 Message-ID: Subject: Re: [OT] hopefully easy question From: "Brian W." To: "William A. Mahaffey III" Cc: FreeBSD Mailing List Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 X-Content-Filtered-By: Mailman/MimeDel 2.1.20 X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.20 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 23 Jun 2015 15:08:52 -0000 Doesn't the Google tactic of -negatestring work? On Jun 23, 2015 7:58 AM, "William A. Mahaffey III" wrote: > > > I am looking on Ebay for a battery for an older laptop I have. I used the > following search, assembled in their search bar: > > > > http://www.ebay.com/sch/i.html?_from=R40&_sacat=0&_sop=15&_nkw=compaq+presario+v5000+battery&_ipg=200&rt=nc > > > This turned up a bunch of chargers 1st, which I don't want. Is there a way > to add a 'negate' to the search string ? I tried adding '+(!charger)' to > the URL text-string & got *only* chargers. FWIW, I am doing this under FBSD > 9.3R, XFCE desktop, firefox, all FreeBSD, just to make it peripherially on > topic :-) .... TIA for any (quick, don't bang any heads on walls over this) > clues. > > > -- > > William A. Mahaffey III > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > "The M1 Garand is without doubt the finest implement of war > ever devised by man." > -- Gen. George S. Patton Jr. > > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to " > freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" >