Exact string search

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instrumentally
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Exact string search

Post by instrumentally »

Am I overlooking something or is there a hole in the search function (CTRL+F)? I see no way to search for a precise multi word string. E.g., I want to find files that have the precise string "hello world" in them. Unfortunately, XYPlorer returns results for files such as:

hello from the world.txt
world hello.txt
world away but hello.pdf

That is not what I am trying to search for. I want only files that have the precise word "hello" followed by a space followed by "world". Unless I am missing something, what I am looking to accomplish cannot be done.

highend
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Re: Exact string search

Post by highend »

It acts like this because you have
Configuration | Find and Filter | Find Files & Branch View | Find Files | [x] Enable smart Boolean query parsing
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instrumentally
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Re: Exact string search

Post by instrumentally »

Thank you for pointing me in the right direction.

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