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Summary of Search Syntax
The tables below provide a summary and examples of the specially formatted words that you can include in the search box that FCC Search recognizes as logical search operators and field specifiers.
| Operator |
Action |
Example |
| "term1 term2 .." |
Specifies that words should be adjacent |
"laser printer" |
| +term |
Requires a term |
+"laser printer" color |
| -term |
Excludes documents containing a term |
"laser printer" -color |
| fieldname:term |
Specifies that the term must be found in that field, see listing of fieldnames in the table below |
title:"laser printer" |
| query1 | query2 |
Searches the results of query1 with query2, ranking results by relevance to both query1 and query2 |
dogs, cats | fleas |
| query1 || query2 |
Searches the results of query1 with query2, ranking results only by relevance to query2 |
trucks, cars || tires |
| Note: Lowercase terms match any case, otherwise case is matched exactly as typed. |
| Name |
Element that is Searched |
Example |
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If no field is specified, the text is searched for in the Title, Summary, and Body |
color computer |
| link |
Hyperlinks within the text of the document |
link:www.sec.gov |
| site |
Pages on a specified FCC server |
site:svartifoss2.fcc.gov |
| url |
The URL of the document |
url:contracts |
| title |
Title of the document |
title:"Children's Television" |
| Note: Please see the Special Searches page for details on field search. |
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