Search for	Example	Results
A single word	`cat`	Topics that contain the word "cat". You will also find its grammatical variations, such as "cats".
A phrase. You can specify that the search results contain a specific phrase.	`"cat food"` (quotation marks)	Topics that contain the literal phrase "cat food" and all its grammatical variations. Without the quotation marks, the query is equivalent to specifying an OR operator, which finds topics with one of the individual words instead of the phrase.

Search for	Operator	Example
Two or more words in the same topic	`AND` `and` `+` (plus symbol) `&` (ampersand)	`cat AND dog` `"cat food"+milk` `"cat food"&"dog food"`
Either word in a topic	`OR` `or` `\|` (pipe)	`cat OR dog` `cat \| dog`
Topics that do not contain a specific word or phrase	`NOT` `not` `!` (exclamation point)	`NOT cat` `! dog`
Topics that contain one string and do not contain another	`^` (caret)	`cat ^ mouse`
A combination of search types	`( )` parentheses	`cat + (dog \| mouse)` `cat \| dog + (! mouse)`

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Output from extensible discovery scripts

Each script being used by Extensible Discovery provides output that is placed either in a custom attribute or a custom field. The maximum size of this output is 1000 bytes. To save more than 1000 bytes, perform the following steps.

Follow step 1 through Make sure your script file has execute permissions. For example, for UNIX scripts use the chmod command. under Add your own scripts to extensible discovery.
Create a configuration file the same name as your script except ending with “.cfg”. For example, if your script is named get_mysysdata.sh, create the file get_mysysdata.cfg.
Enter the following line in your configuration file.

MAXBYTESTOCAPTURE=<number of bytes>
where <number of bytes> is the maximum number of bytes your script will produce.
Wrap your script file and the configuration file into a .zip file.
Follow the remaining steps under Add your own scripts to extensible discovery.

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