Multiple option in Contents tab of Find Files

[acheton]

Hi all,

I regularly use the Contents tab of Find Files to search for files of various sorts containing a particular string. Is there a way to search for multiple options using this tab. For example if I wanted to search for files containing Word X or Word Y? I've checked the manual and there doesn't seem to be anything documented, so I thought I would ask.

thanks

Paul

[highend]

Sure, switch it to Mode: RegExp and use a... regex^^

E.g. for finding files that contain either "one" or "two" use:

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one|two

Ofc this would find files with the word: Lonely as well (because it contains "one")

To find only complete words, you could use this:

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\bone\b|\bthree\b

or in a more readable format

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\b(one|three)\b

The | is a logical OR
\b is a word boundary
() restricts the alternation to the part inside of it

The drawback: You need to learn a minimum of how regex works...

[acheton]

Thanks that's great- very helpful!

[yusef88]

possible to use switches in quick search while RegExp is enabled?

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>one|two /types=*.mp4

[highend]

What has that question to do with content searching?

Apart of that it seems that a regex quicksearch ignores additional flags. Don't
know if this is a bug or intended...

[yusef88]

What has that question to do with content searching?

It has to do with Find Files.Thanks

[highend]

The whole topic is about content searching
and you probably need to file a bug report anyway...