Finding files with a full stop character in their name

[spikey]

How do I use the Find Files dialogue to list all files with a full stop (period) in the file name?

For example: joe.smith101.jpg


I am using "file name" to mean the part of the file's name before the full stop separator and file extension.

[Stefan2]

Me think you can use RegEx to do that.
Utilize tc plugin to match on base name part only.


Find Files
[Plugins] tab
tc | name | RegEx | \.




-or-

With "normal" search use this RegEx pattern: .+\..+\.+



That?
 

[aksmfakt132]

You do not even need to use regular expressions
Search *. *.

[nsp]

Me think you can use RegEx to do that.
Utilize tc plugin to match on base name part only.
Find Files
[Plugins] tab
tc | name | RegEx | \.
That?
 

Most efficient version is to just contain operator like :

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Find Files
[Plugins] tab
tc | name | contains | .

[Stefan2]

Good point, that's more simpler, easier and faster.







 

[spikey]

You do not even need to use regular expressions
Search *. *.

For some reason, that doesn't work.

[ghisler(Author)]

The search string to use is actiually:
*.*.*.

Why? TC always assumes a single dot at the end. Then there are two (or more) dots required in the middle of the name. If you just use
*.*.
it will match files with at least one dot in the name (files which don't have an extension will be skipped).