# Request a feature about search functionality (very usefull)，search multiple keyword by line or paragraph

**URL:** <https://discourse.joplinapp.org/t/request-a-feature-about-search-functionality-very-usefull-search-multiple-keyword-by-line-or-paragraph/7123>\
**Category:** Features\
**Created:** [19 March 2020 11:06 UTC](https://discourse.joplinapp.org/t/request-a-feature-about-search-functionality-very-usefull-search-multiple-keyword-by-line-or-paragraph/7123 "2020-03-19T11:06:10Z")\
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**Author:** ![muziqiushan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/7ab992/32.png) [@muziqiushan](https://discourse.joplinapp.org/u/muziqiushan)\
**Post date:** [19 March 2020 11:06 UTC](https://discourse.joplinapp.org/t/request-a-feature-about-search-functionality-very-usefull-search-multiple-keyword-by-line-or-paragraph/7123/1 "2020-03-19T11:06:10Z")

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**Feature description**  
In one word, it’s just _“search multiple keyword line by line or by paragraph within all of my notes ;maybe working just like linux’s grep -irl ? but support searching multiple keyword at the same time”_ ; the expected format of this feature may be the additional search prefix ,maybe just like evernote , eg: inline:xxx or inparagraph:xxx ; the optional format may be supporting tag at line level and searching with these tags at the same time

**Feature motivation**  
Go so far as I know, why the function is useful ? lot’s of scene ,eg: I need organize lots of  
knowledge(with title or subtitle) in one note because of my job，I write because I want search ,  
isn’t right? Further eg: I need to search word ‘docker’ and ‘usage’ in the same line ,but the search  
result always include lots of useless unexpected , because of many note include the two word  
but not in the same line, also unexpeceted result with evernote in the same scene ;

**To be continued**  
I’m so frustrated that nowadays 2020 there is no vendor of note taking app realized that  
searching two word In same line means more than in the same note , have they forgetten that  
note taking right now is for search in the future, searching is the soul of a note taking app, isnn’t it?