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knife-search(1) -- Find objects on a Chef Server by query
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## SYNOPSIS

__knife__ __search INDEX QUERY__ _(options)_

  * `-a`, `--attribute ATTR`:
    Show only one attribute
  * `-i`, `--id-only`:
    Show only the ID of matching objects
  * `-R`, `--rows INT`:
    The number of rows to return
  * `-r`, `--run-list`:
    Show only the run list
  * `-o`, `--sort SORT`:
    The order to sort the results in
  * `-b`, `--start ROW`:
    The row to start returning results at
  * `-m`, `--medium`:
    Display medium sized output when searching nodes using the default
    summary format
  * `-l`, `--long`:
    Display long output when searching nodes using the default summary
    format

## DESCRIPTION

Search indexes are a feature of the Chef Server and the search
sub-command allows querying any of the available indexes using SOLR
query syntax. The following data types are indexed for search: 
* _node_
* _role_
* _environment_
* _data bag_

## SYNTAX

## EXAMPLES

## SEE ALSO
   __knife-ssh__(1)

   <http://wiki.opscode.com/display/chef/Attributes>

## AUTHOR
   Chef was written by Adam Jacob <[e-mail]> with many contributions from the community.

## DOCUMENTATION
   This manual page was written by Joshua Timberman <[e-mail]>.
   Permission is granted to copy, distribute and / or modify this document under the terms of the Apache 2.0 License.

## CHEF
   Knife is distributed with Chef. <http://wiki.opscode.com/display/chef/Home>

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