Cardinal Search

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  "github_readme_excerpt": "\u003cdiv align=\"center\"\u003e\n  \u003cimg src=\"cardinal/mac-icon_1024x1024.png\" alt=\"Cardinal icon\" width=\"120\" height=\"120\"\u003e\n  \u003ch1\u003eCardinal\u003c/h1\u003e\n  \u003cp\u003eFastest and most accurate file search app for macOS.\u003c/p\u003e\n  \u003cp\u003e\n    \u003ca href=\"#using-cardinal\"\u003eUsing Cardinal\u003c/a\u003e \u00b7\n    \u003ca href=\"#building-cardinal\"\u003eBuilding Cardinal\u003c/a\u003e\n  \u003c/p\u003e\n  \u003cimg src=\"doc/pub/UI.gif\" alt=\"Cardinal UI preview\" width=\"720\"\u003e\n\u003c/div\u003e\n\n---\n\n[English](README.md) \u00b7 [Espa\u00f1ol](doc/pub/README.es-ES.md) \u00b7 [\ud55c\uad6d\uc5b4](doc/pub/README.ko-KR.md) \u00b7 [\u0420\u0443\u0441\u0441\u043a\u0438\u0439](doc/pub/README.ru-RU.md) \u00b7 [\u7b80\u4f53\u4e2d\u6587](doc/pub/README.zh-CN.md) \u00b7 [\u7e41\u9ad4\u4e2d\u6587](doc/pub/README.zh-TW.md) \u00b7 [Portugu\u00eas](doc/pub/README.pt-BR.md) \u00b7 [Italiano](doc/pub/README.it-IT.md) \u00b7 [\u65e5\u672c\u8a9e](doc/pub/README.ja-JP.md) \u00b7 [Fran\u00e7ais](doc/pub/README.fr-FR.md) \u00b7 [Deutsch](doc/pub/README.de-DE.md) \u00b7 [\u0423\u043a\u0440\u0430\u0457\u043d\u0441\u044c\u043a\u0430](doc/pub/README.uk-UA.md) \u00b7 [\u0627\u0644\u0639\u0631\u0628\u064a\u0629](doc/pub/README.ar-SA.md) \u00b7 [\u0939\u093f\u0928\u094d\u0926\u0940](doc/pub/README.hi-IN.md) \u00b7 [T\u00fcrk\u00e7e](doc/pub/README.tr-TR.md)\n\n## Using Cardinal\n\n### Download\n\nUse homebrew:\n\n```bash\nbrew install --cask cardinal-search\n```\n\nYou can also grab the latest packaged builds from [GitHub Releases](https://github.com/cardisoft/cardinal/releases/).\n\n### i18n support\n\nNeed a different language? Click the \u2699\ufe0f button in the status bar to switch instantly.\n\n### Search basics\n\nCardinal now speaks an Everything-compatible syntax layer on top of the classic substring/prefix tricks:\n\n- `report draft` \u2013 space acts as `AND`, so you only see files whose names contain both tokens.\n- `*.pdf briefing` \u2013 filter to PDF results whose names include \u201cbriefing\u201d.\n- `*.zip size:\u003e100MB` \u2013 search for ZIP files larger than 100MB.\n- `in:/Users demo !.psd` \u2013 restrict the search root to `/Users`, then search for files whose names contain `demo` but exclude `.psd`.\n- `tag:ProjectA;ProjectB` \u2013 match Finder tags (macOS); `;` acts as `OR`.\n- `*.md content:\"Bearer \"` \u2013 filter to Markdown files containing the string `Bearer `.\n- `\"Application Support\"` \u2013 quote exact phrases.\n- `brary/Applicat` \u2013 use `/` as a path separator for ",
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