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Sun Directory Services 3.1 User's Guide

Search Filters

Using a search filter is a way of specifying a set of entries, based on the presence of a particular attribute or attribute value. You can combine and or or logical operators in the same search. Use & for and and | for or. Table 2-1 gives some examples of filters.

Table 2-1 Search Filter Examples

Filter 

Definition 

l=London

locality is "London" 

cn=*Rob*

common name contains "Rob" 

(&(cn=Ch*)(cn=*Thomas*))

comman name starts with "Ch" and contains "Thomas" 

(|(sn=*bert*)(sn=*bort*))

surname contains "bert" or "bort" 

(&(cn=Rob*)(|(cn=*Green*)(cn=*Jones*))

common name starts with "Rob" and contains "Green" or "Jones"