Live Filter: How to filter for literal # character

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Jerry
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Live Filter: How to filter for literal # character

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I have files in a folder with names that contain a pound sign (#) but am unable to filter them in the Live Filter box if I use the # character. I've tried escaping with "\#" and quoting '#' but to no avail. Is there any way to filter with the literal # character?

For example, I have files named like this:

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section12-#50
section12-#51
section37-#11
and so on. I want to filter just those containing 12-# or 12-#5.
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Re: Live Filter: How to filter for literal # character

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As always: [#]

Or you uncheck

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Jerry
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Re: Live Filter: How to filter for literal # character

Post by Jerry »

highend wrote: 01 Dec 2023 07:39 As always: [#]
Thanks! I would never have considered that. I suppose there's a good reason why simply escaping with a backslash would be problematic.
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