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Re: Search string convention [message #1457 is a reply to message #1456] Wed, 15 June 2022 11:03 Go to previous message
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To find an exact full filename (extension included):
[file name] [includes all of the words] [java]
[then apply advanced filter] [file name with extension] [is exactly the string] [ignore: -] [java]

Or to find an exact base filename, whatever the extension is (e.g. [java], [java.pdf], [java.java]):
[file name] [includes all of the words] [java]
[then apply advanced filter] [file name] [is exactly the string] [ignore: -] [java]

Or to ignore files with a .java extension (e.g. [java], [java.pdf], but NOT [foo.java] nor [foo.JAVA] nor [java.java]):
[file name] [includes all of the words] [java]
[then apply advanced filter] [extension] [is not exactly the string] [ignore: case] [java]

Note: you could use [all items of type] [any file or folder] instead of [file name] [includes all of the words] [java], but this will be much slower, because advanced filters are evaluated for each single file matching the search criteria.


Jérôme - FoxTrot Engineering
 
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