Search for characters at beginning of filename

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burgundy
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Search for characters at beginning of filename

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Is there a way to search for characters at the beginning of a file name without using Regex?

I didn't see anything to do this in the Advanced search dialogue.
Last edited by burgundy on Tue Aug 31, 2021 11:06 pm, edited 1 time in total.
tuska
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Re: Search for characters a beginning of filename

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Match start of filename with caret - Everything 1.5

Example:
Everything.ini

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match_start_of_filename_with_caret=1
Example:
Search box:

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"D:\Data\WINWORD\" ^k
Last edited by tuska on Tue Aug 31, 2021 10:32 am, edited 1 time in total.
void
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Re: Search for characters a beginning of filename

Post by void »

Another method:

text*


-Using wildcards will match the whole filename.
burgundy
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Re: Search for characters a beginning of filename

Post by burgundy »

tuska wrote: Tue Aug 31, 2021 10:29 am Match start of filename with caret - Everything 1.5
Does this also apply to Everything version 1.4?

(I'm not using ver.1.5 until it goes to beta.)
void
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Re: Search for characters at beginning of filename

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match_start_of_filename_with_caret is Everything 1.5 or later.
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