search for files with ~ [tilde] in the file name

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David.P
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Joined: 09 Dec 2006 11:21

search for files with ~ [tilde] in the file name

Post by David.P »

...(how) is this possible?

Searching for:

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*~.*
...doesn't seem to find anything.

Thanks for help :o

highend
Posts: 13311
Joined: 06 Feb 2011 00:33

Re: search for files with ~ [tilde] in the file name

Post by highend »

Can't reproduce...

Files present:

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~DF96B80A364CECF3CB.TMP
~DF786DEE9A7DA3A4E8.TMP
~DF2860D27565863222.TMP
~DF3371246F0F866370.TMP
~DFC91542F28583F892.TMP
~OpenElevatedCMD.vbs
~XY_PowerShellScript.ps1
~xy_rclone.bat
9590b176-f803-4fac-b6b5-44a1ad98b592.tmp.node
abc~.txt
c9d6b564-a520-4197-ba17-7ce2d3e6995b.tmp.node
Search term: *~.*

Result:

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abc~.txt
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David.P
Posts: 72
Joined: 09 Dec 2006 11:21

Re: search for files with ~ [tilde] in the file name

Post by David.P »

Thanks!

Looks that I'm stupid.

Should have used this instead, which works:

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*~*.*

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