Search files with special chars in their name

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Alon
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Search files with special chars in their name

Post by Alon »

HI,

Seems to me basic - so I'm sorry if this was already asked - couldn't find a relevant post...

How can I search on the F12 -> Find files for files names with # in their name? for example the file 34_969#.jpg
when I have a file named 34_969@.jpg I can look for it with *@.jpg but as # is a special char for XYplorer, I need somehow to escape it.

Thanks.

highend
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Re: Search files with special chars in their name

Post by highend »

You probably have this enabled:
Configuration | Find and Filter | Find Files & Branch View | Find Files | [x] Enable extended pattern matching

In that case, embrace your # with [], otherwise it's treated as a wildcard for a number
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Alon
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Re: Search files with special chars in their name

Post by Alon »

Works like a charm, thank you very much!

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