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I'd like to be able to do the following in the search box:

shell [cmd] [-linux]

to search for "questions containing the 'shell' term AND having the 'cmd' tag AND NOT having the 'linux' tag"

Note that "shell" is not a TAG !

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    Dupe: meta.stackexchange.com/questions/16462/…
    – random
    Commented Aug 26, 2009 at 11:32
  • It is not a duplicate, as I want to be able to do a keyword+tags search, not only tags
    – drAlberT
    Commented Aug 26, 2009 at 11:57
  • Okay, then quote the terms and bracket the tags
    – random
    Commented Aug 26, 2009 at 12:10

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You can if you precede the tag in the search with a minus (-):

shell [cmd] -[linux]

The following links pop for searches across the SOFU for questions that mention shell tagged but not tagged .

StackOverflow: https://stackoverflow.com/search?q=shell+%5Bcmd%5D+-%5Blinux%5D

ServerFault: https://serverfault.com/search?q=shell+%5Bcmd%5D+-%5Blinux%5D

SuperUser: https://superuser.com/search?q=shell+%5Bcmd%5D+-%5Blinux%5D

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  • I think the minus sign should be outside the brackets, Is it right? I tried and it is the solution. OK
    – drAlberT
    Commented Aug 26, 2009 at 14:01
  • Logically it would be on the outside, but within the brackets, it keeps that part of the query as a tag.
    – random
    Commented Aug 26, 2009 at 14:09
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As workaround you can set linux to your ignore list temporarily (or permanently, if you don't like it at all).

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