The scan interface provides you with advanced search capabilities. The search box in the upper left corner of the interface allows you to search for folder/file names and file extensions.
Additionally, you can use search wildcards. Wildcards are very simple search statements that can be concatenated to help you find particular files in large and complex scans:
- comp(): You can search for files with specific component identifications with this wildcard. Note that this wildcard also allows you to search for files without component identification by not passing any parameter.
- lic(): You can search for files with specific license identifications with the lic() wildcard. Remember to always use the license identifier (not the license name).
- c(): You can search for files with specific copyright information with the c() wildcard.
In the example above, three concatenated wildcards (“c (FossID) comp() lic(bsd-3-clause)”) are used to find files that fulfill the following 3 conditions:
- No component identification.
- License identification BSD-3-Clause.
- Copyright information “FossID”.
Also, you’ll see Search box in various places in Workbench.
You can use following wildcards in this Search box.
- %: The percent sign represents zero, one, or multiple characters
- _: The underscore represents a single character