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how to search Dreamwidth?
2019-Sep-17, Tuesday 08:33 pmDoes anyone know how to search the contents of my own blog for a specific keyword?
I relied for years on Google to keep it indexed for me, but I've started to doubt that it's "remembering" old posts properly. I suppose even Google must expire content eventually.
I downloaded my Google+ posts before that site disappeared. I tried a Linux command to search there too, without success.
Wait... wait... found it. It was 11 years ago on Livejournal, before the exodus.
Now that I know the exact date, I can find it on Dreamwidth via the calendar.
So, why does Dreamwidth not have an equivalent search function? How can I search here for text in my own blog? Is there maybe a tool to download all of my Dreamwidth content and search that vault on my local pc?
I relied for years on Google to keep it indexed for me, but I've started to doubt that it's "remembering" old posts properly. I suppose even Google must expire content eventually.
I downloaded my Google+ posts before that site disappeared. I tried a Linux command to search there too, without success.
grep -rnw 'path/Google+ Stream/Posts/' -e 'helium'
Wait... wait... found it. It was 11 years ago on Livejournal, before the exodus.
Now that I know the exact date, I can find it on Dreamwidth via the calendar.
So, why does Dreamwidth not have an equivalent search function? How can I search here for text in my own blog? Is there maybe a tool to download all of my Dreamwidth content and search that vault on my local pc?