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Exact Quick Search

Posted: 15 Jul 2023 13:10
by Shutey
How do I do a quick search for what I ask for. The help instructions in Quick Search are incorrect!

Help says...
readme.txt = Find all files called readme.txt (this should say "containing readme.txt" a duplicate of the next line!)
black = Find all items containing 'black' in the name

For example if I search "readme.txt" it will also find "my_readme.txt", surely 'containing' searches are why we have wildcards. If I want a 'containing' search I would search "*readme.txt" or "*black*"

My question is - how do I write a search query that only finds what I tell it to find, "readme.txt" without finding "my_readme.txt"

Oh and a similar issue exists with the Beta Club's search. Searching for "quick search" I had to scroll through over 400 messages containing "Quick" and/or "Search" or both but not together and the advanced search didn't have the solution, adding + just made sure both were present and the usual trick of surrounding in quotes was ignored.

Re: Exact Quick Search

Posted: 15 Jul 2023 14:25
by highend
By putting the search term in double quotes.

"readme.txt" will only find readme.txt, not my_readme.txt, readme.txt.ext or anything else

A regex would also be possible ofc...

Re: Exact Quick Search

Posted: 15 Jul 2023 18:03
by Shutey
I actually tried that, as mentioned in my post I also tried it on Beta Club website and it didn't work there either but...

having tried it again in XYplorer it does work - I must have done something wrong the first time I tried it in Quick Search - my bad.

Thank you for your reply @highend, I guess this makes wildcards superfluous in Quick Search.