How to search dupes in the first X characters of the name?
Posted: Tue Mar 21, 2017 6:08 pm
Greetings to everyone!
I'm not an expert at all and I don't know if the following is possible...
I've created a folder with tons of subfolders with various homebrew software in it. They are sorted with an alphanumeric system, like this: AIXXXXXX (Where X = A number). The initial "AI" is in every folder.
Folders Examples: "AI885699 v2.8 Feed", "AI119739 v1.1 Prog".
Now, the problem is that sometimes I forget to check if a folder for that software already exist and I stupidly create a dupe.
An Example of dupes: "AI885699 v2.8 Feed", "AI885699 v2.5 Feed", "AI885699 v1.2 Feed".
Is there a way to search dupes only between the first 8 characters of the folders names knowing only the first 2 characters?
Thanks for the attention and sorry if it wasn't clear, I'm trying my best, but English is not my first language.
I'm not an expert at all and I don't know if the following is possible...
I've created a folder with tons of subfolders with various homebrew software in it. They are sorted with an alphanumeric system, like this: AIXXXXXX (Where X = A number). The initial "AI" is in every folder.
Folders Examples: "AI885699 v2.8 Feed", "AI119739 v1.1 Prog".
Now, the problem is that sometimes I forget to check if a folder for that software already exist and I stupidly create a dupe.
An Example of dupes: "AI885699 v2.8 Feed", "AI885699 v2.5 Feed", "AI885699 v1.2 Feed".
Is there a way to search dupes only between the first 8 characters of the folders names knowing only the first 2 characters?
Thanks for the attention and sorry if it wasn't clear, I'm trying my best, but English is not my first language.