Use of quotes

Some elements have textual descriptions (strings) we may want to search for, such as "Final DA" or "Roof CAM". By surrounding those strings with quotes, we make clear those are strings proper, not keywords.

Here is an example:

--> FS1 "Roof CAM"

This expression is asking for a device model FS1 which description field is exactly "Roof CAM".

We can omit the quotes, but that may yield to a different result because 'CAM' will be interpreted a as a type of device.

We can also use quotes around keywords such as command or object names to mean they are not keywords but strings. For example,

--> "wire" at RK-27

is asking for any object at RK-27 which description string is exactly "wire". Without quotes, 'wire' would be the wire object.

--> device "preliminary"

will look for a device having the string "preliminary" in its description field, and not for devices which status is 'preliminary'.

If a keyword if found in the "wrong" place, it will be assumed as a single-word quoted string. For example,

--> wire find

will look for wires with the word "find" in its label field, same as:

--> wire "find"

This rule applies to any keyword found in non expected places.

Strings within quotes ask for exact matches. Some times, however, we want to give only a substring of the intended match. The asterisk if employed in these cases, as illustrated in the following example:

--> find device "roof*"

The asterisk (*) represents any possible string placed in its position. In the example, the string "roof cam" will match the inquiry.

Asterisks can be used with or without quotes. The following examples are equivalent to the previous one.

--> find device "roof"*
--> find device roof*

The use of quotes and asterisk together is better justified in cases where the substring contains more that one word, as for example:

--> find device "digital video *"

possibly intended to match "digital video HD" and "digital video SD".

We can place more that one asterisk in the string. For example,

--> find device "*-SDI *PUT"

will match any of the following values:

   SD-SDI INPUT
   SD-SDI OUTPUT
   HD-SDI INPUT
   HD-SDI OUTPUT