Date: Tue, 23 Jun 2015 08:02:42 -0700 From: "Brian W." <brian@brianwhalen.net> To: "William A. Mahaffey III" <wam@hiwaay.net> Cc: FreeBSD Mailing List <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: [OT] hopefully easy question Message-ID: <CADV=szUHAQRRuQPBUR5XLtYezw=KE2J9orRr8P1w=%2B09gO=EOA@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <5589741E.30108@hiwaay.net> References: <5589741E.30108@hiwaay.net>
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Doesn't the Google tactic of -negatestring work? On Jun 23, 2015 7:58 AM, "William A. Mahaffey III" <wam@hiwaay.net> 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" >
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