500414 2025-02-19 14:34:35 +0000 Supporting NOT in queries in addition to AND and OR 2025-03-14 04:23:20 +0000 1 1 3 Frameworks and Libraries frameworks-baloo general 6.10.0 Debian testing Linux RESOLVED DUPLICATE 424165 NOR wishlist --- 0 pat_h baloo-bugs-null john tagwerk19 0 oldest_to_newest 2400104 0 pat_h 2025-02-19 14:34:35 +0000 You can create all possible queries with the three basic operators AND, OR and NOT if I remember correctly. However, NOT does not seem to be implemented. It's neither in advancedqueryparser.cpp nor mentioned in baloosearch6. Using the Shell (here: Fish) you can use the following very crude workaround on the command line: comm -23 (baloosearch6 "tag:TAG1" 2>/dev/null | sort | psub) (baloosearch6 "tag:TAG2" 2>/dev/null | sort | psub) But this is obviously not available in, e.g., Dolphin's GUI. 2400664 1 tagwerk19 2025-02-20 13:30:33 +0000 (In reply to pat_h from comment #0) > ... NOT does not seem to be implemented ... That's a big ask! > Using the Shell (here: Fish) you can use the following very crude workaround > on the command line: > comm -23 (baloosearch6 "tag:TAG1" 2>/dev/null | sort | psub) (baloosearch6 > "tag:TAG2" 2>/dev/null | sort | psub) That works, it is effectively a "AND NOT" as in "tag:TAG1 AND NOT tag:TAG2" You would also have to deal with "NOT tag:TAG1" and maybe even "OR NOT tag:TAG1", there's be a lot of work. > > But this is obviously not available in, e.g., Dolphin's GUI. 2407454 2 john 2025-03-14 04:23:20 +0000 Hi - merging this in with the existing report on baloo supporting negation in queries, thanks! *** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of bug 424165 ***