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<div align="center"><img alt="Create a note" width="85%" src="assets/media/new1.svg"/></div>
If you are not sure whether a note already exists for a particular subject, the "search or create" mode might be more appropriate than `zk new`. It is inspired by [Notational Velocity](https://notational.net/) and enables searching for an existing note or creating a new one in a single action.
If you are not sure whether a note already exists for a particular subject, the "search or create" mode might be more appropriate than `zk new`.
It is inspired by [Notational Velocity](https://notational.net/) and enables searching for an existing note or creating a new one in a single action.
From `zk`'s interactive edit screen, press `Ctrl-E` to create a new note using the current search query as title.
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## List existing notes
After some time, hopefully you will have enough notes to be lost in it. Use `zk`'s powerful [filtering capabilities](note-filtering.md) to find the notes you need.
After some time, hopefully you will have enough notes to be lost in it.
To help structure your notebook, you can add [metadata](note-frontmatter.md) (e.g. keywords/tags) to your notes.
You can then use `zk`'s powerful [filtering capabilities](note-filtering.md) to find the notes you need.
```sh
$ zk list --tag "recipe" --match "pizza -pineapple"
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<div align="center"><img alt="Format the list output" width="85%" src="assets/media/list-format.svg"/></div>
`zk` is aware of the links you set between your notes. You can use the linking options to find the backlinks or outbound links of a note. It even supports listing indirect links thanks to `--recursive`.
`zk` is aware of the links you set between your notes.
Backlinks or outbound links of a note can be revealed by using the link filtering options.
It even supports listing indirect links thanks to `--recursive`.
<div align="center"><img alt="Format the list output" width="85%" src="assets/media/list-link.svg"/></div>