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wut42 on Sept 1, 2015 | parent | context | favorite | on: Google PDF Search: “not for public release”

it may have more results with the filetype, some server generated PDFs doesn't always have the extension.

qupear on Sept 1, 2015 [–]

Isn't ext just an alias for filetype? http://www.googleguide.com/advanced_operators_reference.html

knd775 on Sept 1, 2015 | | [–]

Then what in the world are you arguing?

MaulingMonkey on Sept 2, 2015 | | [–]

"This is an undocumented alias for filetype:" (emphasis added)

Seems like reason enough to avoid ext: and/or be ignorant of it.

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