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search language Default operator: AND.

Searches

DuckDuckGo
exact (no query autocorrect).
Editted: 22th July 2016
quick reference sheet

boolean
AND [space] Returns all sets or concepts. Alternatively: p q
AND + &
OR OR Returns some or all terms. p OR q
NOT - excludes a set or concept. Must be the last p -q
words in the query

adjacency
ADJ " " Returns results with words next to each other "p q"
in fixed order.

proximity

meta data
Domain site: Limit results to a certain (top-level) domain p site:reuser.biz
only. Accepts multiple domains p site:reuser.biz,cnn.com
Country region: r: Limits (boosts)results to a region or country region:de
only. to limit to Germany r:de
limit results to Germany r:de
-site:de
to limit results to region Germany
but not sites with a DE ccTLD
Body inbody: b: Limits results to words in the body of the page b:p
inbody:p
Title intitle: t: Limit results to words in the title
Format filetype: f: Limit results to certain filetypes only. p f:odt
return open office documents only

grouping
Grouping ( ) To change the search priority p (q OR s)

modifiers
maps [searchterm] Returns a map on the searchterm leiden map
map london map
news [searchterm] Returns the news on searchterm european union news
news

specialties
Feeling Ducky \ Go directly to the first search result \amsterdam
!Bang syntax ! Search other search engines. Here is the Full !b amsterdam
list? of !bang keywords. searches Bing for documents
containing Amsterdam.
Safe !safeoff Turn of safe search. Add to the end of the p OR q !safeoff
query
Sort sort:date Sort results by date. Smaller index used. p q sort:date
s:d p q s:d
Biographical info !linkedin Returns the search result page for any person !linkedin arno reuser
given name
surname
Biographical info @person Returns Twitter bio information on person @arnoreuser
to get the Twitter bio of Arno
Reuser
Google+ google plus Returns Google+ bio information on 'name' google plus arno
[name] to get the bio of people called
Arno

instant answers
URL short, expand shorturl Expands a shortened URL to expand https://is.gd/NDqQ0I
long shorten fullurl the full URL, or , shortens a full shorten
URL to tinyurl http://opensourceintelligence.eu
passwords password N Generates a strong password password 24
consisting of N characters to generate a 24 character strong
password
random random passphrase to generate a random 4 word random passphrase
passphrase pass phrase
Alternatives alternative to Returns a listing with alternative to duckduckgo
[phrase] alternatives for 'phrase' alternative to bing
Site Up/Down is [URL] down Returns information weather is opensourceintelligence.eu
the URL website is down or up down
as well as the IP address is opensourceintelligence.eu up
Time/date time [city] Returns the current time and time amsterdam
date in 'city' time bangkok
Calendar calendar [month] Returns a monthly calendar for calendar august 2022
[year] month and year
Country code country code Returns the ISO3166 country country code netherlands
[countryname] code for [country]
Dictionary what is [term] Returns a description of 'term' what is propellant
Calculator [equation] Basic calculator 3*$34
Calling codes dailing code Returns the dialing code for a dialing code netherlands
[country|code] country, or the countryname for dialin code +31
a specific dialing code.
Conversions convert [unit] to Converts between a variety of convert 5 oz to kilo
[unit][unit] [unit] units of measurements: 100 euro gbp
currencies, weights, lengths,
sizes, etc.
DDC dewey Returns the class or dewey 644
[class|description] description of DDC [class] or dewey government
[description]
DNS mx records Reverse domain search,
[domain]dns records returns IP addresses and MX
[domain] records
Spelling [term] spell [term] Returns spelling variations for spell propellent
the searchterm
Synonyms returns synonyms and synonyms example
alternative terms for 'term' thesaurus manual
Tor node tor node [IP Returns basic information on a tor node 192.96.155.3
address] Tor exit node.
whois whois [domain] Returns WHOIS information on whois reuser.biz
the given domain

cheat sheets
Country codes country Returns ISO3166-1 standard country code 2 country codes cheat sheet
codes cheat letter, three letter and numeric code.
sheet
DuckDuckGo duckduckgo Cheat sheet for the DuckDuckGo search duckduckgo syntax cheat
syntax cheat language sheet
sheet

answers for programmers


Encode URLs Encode URLs to machine readable text, or, url encode
decode http://rr.reuser.biz/news
url decode http%3A
%2F%2Frr.reuser.biz%2Fnews
Bin Hex [number] Converts a hexadecimal or binary 1100 bin
converter hex[number] returns 12 17 hex
bin returns 11
HTML character html chars Returns a HTML special character converter html chars
table table: name, decimal value, hex value,
meaning
HTML entity html for Returns the entity encode for a character html for spade
codes [char name] html for pound
base64 bas64 [text] encodes to, or decodes from, base64 text base64 we love librarians
base64 decode
d2UgbG92ZSBsaWJyYXJpYW5z

Sources: https://duck.co/help/results/syntax search syntax || https://duck.co/ia Overview of DuckDuckGo Instant


Answers (about 1000) ||

All material © Reuser's Information Services, Leiden, 2016. a@reuser.biz


For use during Open Source Intelligence research. Part of the OSINT range of training services
(http://www.opensourceintelligence.eu).

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