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Quick reference

Flashlight Cheatsheet

A quick reference guide for Flashlight, the extensible Spotlight search plugin system for macOS: commands, reminders, DuckDuckGo bangs, and emojis.

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Flashlight is an unofficial plugin system that attaches programmable plugins to OS X Spotlight.

Commands

Events & Reminders

  • add Dinner with Rico 5 pm tomorrow
  • remind Go to school at 2:30pm
  • remind Go to school in 15 mins

DuckDuckGo Bangs

  • !g foo
  • !mdn settimeout

System Controls

  • shutdown
  • restart
  • logout
  • sleep
  • ejall
  • screen saver

Emojis

  • emoji grin
  • :rocket:
  • /react

Prefix query with / to perform a direct web search.

References

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