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Full-Text Search

Tamsaek goes beyond file name search by indexing the actual content of your documents.

Supported File Types

Section titled “Supported File Types”
CategoryExtensions
Documents.pdf, .docx, .doc, .odt, .rtf, .txt
Spreadsheets.xlsx, .xls, .csv, .ods
Presentations.pptx, .ppt, .odp
E-books.epub, .mobi
Code.js, .ts, .py, .rs, .go, .java, .c, .cpp, .md, .json, .yaml, .xml, .html, .css
Email.eml, .msg

How It Works

Section titled “How It Works”
  1. Text Extraction: Tamsaek extracts text from supported file types
  2. Tokenization: Text is broken into searchable terms
  3. Indexing: Terms are added to a high-performance Tantivy index
  4. Search: Queries match against the full-text index

Search Capabilities

Section titled “Search Capabilities”
Section titled “Keyword Search”

Find files containing specific words:

quarterly revenue
Section titled “Phrase Search”

Use quotes for exact phrases:

"annual report"

Boolean Operators

Section titled “Boolean Operators”

Combine terms:

budget AND 2024
budget OR expenses
budget NOT draft

Wildcards

Section titled “Wildcards”

Partial matching:

mark*

Matches “marketing”, “markdown”, “marker”, etc.

Content vs. Name Search

Section titled “Content vs. Name Search”

By default, Tamsaek searches both file names and content. To search only content:

content:quarterly report

To search only names:

name:report.pdf

Performance

Section titled “Performance”
  • Tantivy engine: Same technology as modern search engines
  • Incremental updates: Only new/changed files are re-indexed
  • Compressed index: Efficient storage for large collections
  • Sub-second results: Even across millions of indexed terms