From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Jun 23 15:09:28 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 3E7A5F4B for ; Tue, 23 Jun 2015 15:09:28 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from wam@hiwaay.net) Received: from fly.hiwaay.net (fly.hiwaay.net [216.180.54.1]) (using TLSv1 with cipher DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (Client did not present a certificate) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 074AA93B for ; Tue, 23 Jun 2015 15:09:27 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from wam@hiwaay.net) Received: from kabini1.local (rbn1-216-180-76-208.adsl.hiwaay.net [216.180.76.208]) (authenticated bits=0) by fly.hiwaay.net (8.13.8/8.13.8/fly) with ESMTP id t5NF9QQO008973 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES128-SHA bits=128 verify=NO) for ; Tue, 23 Jun 2015 10:09:26 -0500 Message-ID: <558976A6.50400@hiwaay.net> Date: Tue, 23 Jun 2015 10:15:41 -0453 From: "William A. Mahaffey III" User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; FreeBSD amd64; rv:31.0) Gecko/20100101 Thunderbird/31.7.0 MIME-Version: 1.0 CC: FreeBSD Mailing List Subject: Re: [OT] hopefully easy question References: <5589741E.30108@hiwaay.net> In-Reply-To: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit 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 15:09:28 -0000 On 06/23/15 10:08, Brian W. wrote: > > 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 > " > I never heard of that Google tactic, sorry :-/ .... Is that in the search bar or the URL string ? TIA & thanks :-). -- William A. Mahaffey III ---------------------------------------------------------------------- "The M1 Garand is without doubt the finest implement of war ever devised by man." -- Gen. George S. Patton Jr.