Help me how to search

[raphaelmsx]

Hi people!

I have tons of folders like this:

[xpto] yada yada yada (2010)

How can I search for all the folders/subfolders that contain exactly 2010, and also 201* or 20** ?

Thanks!

[highend]

# stands for any single digit

[jupe]

Only if this is enabled,

Configuration | Find and Filter | Find Files & Branch View | Find Files | Enable extended pattern matching

or via switch.

[admin]

Quick Search (F3) pattern: *20##* /d /matching=e (/d to only match folders; /matching=e to enable extended pattern matching, thanks jupe)

[raphaelmsx]

Nice!

Also, how to perform the same search, but exclude folders that cointain *.opus and *.m4a files?

Thanks again!

[admin]

Is this a homework assignment?

[jupe]

Something like this should work, untested.

*20##* AND prop:#contains.*.opus:0 AND prop:#contains.*.m4a:0 /dE

All this stuff is documented in the help file, you should check it out under Quick Search

[raphaelmsx]

Something like this should work, untested.

*20##* AND prop:#contains.*.opus:0 AND prop:#contains.*.m4a:0 /dE

All this stuff is documented in the help file, you should check it out under Quick Search

Thanks very much, I'll test now and let you know.

I know that there's a help file, I just couldn't figure it out.

[raphaelmsx]

Is this a homework assignment?

Sorry, english is not my primary language, what do you mean?

[admin]

Is this a homework assignment?

Sorry, english is not my primary language, what do you mean?

Just kidding. It sounded a bit like you needed the solution for school.

[raphaelmsx]

Is this a homework assignment?

Sorry, english is not my primary language, what do you mean?

Just kidding. It sounded a bit like you needed the solution for school.

[raphaelmsx]

Hello again!

Using both of your help and reading again the help file, I could get this to work:

*20##* AND prop:#contains.*.opus:1 OR prop:#contains.*.m4a:1 /dE

But only using Control+F and setting the mode to Boolean, it doesn't work with F3.

[jupe]

Try it with a colon prefix :

[raphaelmsx]

Try it with a colon prefix :

Thanks, that did it!

[jupe]

Alternatively you can enable this instead:

Configuration | Find and Filter | Find Files & Branch View | Find Files | Enable smart Boolean query parsing