Multiple files search

[hairliya]

Hi all, i have been looking here for something that will allow me multiple file search. For example i have a folder with 1000 files that have their own unique and specific names and i need to find exactly 20 of them using their respective names. Folder contains voicefiles with a telefon number in a name and every name is different. What i need is to find 20 of them by using their names, and so when i find them i can feed them in listbox for other operations with them. f/e Upload it on FTP and such things.

Thank you all in advance.

[silencer]

You can seperate the search with a ";" or by a "space"

E.g. File1.txt ; File2.txt ; document*

[hairliya]

Ok really nice, this works with full file names. Is this possible to achieve with only one part of the name?

[seb-]

Ok really nice, this works with full file names. Is this possible to achieve with only one part of the name?

Like silencer wrote, yes, use the Asterisk as wildcard =>

e.g.

full_long_detailed_filename_with_unique_nr_12345.extension etc.

=> *12345*;*23456* will find two files with 12345 and 23456 in the file name

[hairliya]

Ok really nice, this works with full file names. Is this possible to achieve with only one part of the name?

Like silencer wrote, yes, use the Asterisk as wildcard =>

e.g.

full_long_detailed_filename_with_unique_nr_12345.extension etc.

=> *12345*;*23456* will find two files with 12345 and 23456 in the file name

Thank you for this a thousand times. I am new to TCMD and this means a lot!!!

[hairliya]

I hope that you dont find me boring.... one more question i promise XD. Is this somehow possible to be saved and runned as a script or something like that? What do i need in TCMD so i can run batch scripts and stuff like that?

[seb-]

I hope that you dont find me boring.... one more question i promise XD. Is this somehow possible to be saved and runned as a script or something like that? What do i need in TCMD so i can run batch scripts and stuff like that?

If you have your search result in the find-window, you can use the "feed to listbox"-button to show the list in TC.

Then you can select all files and use the command

cm_copyfullnamestoclip

to copy their paths to clipboard (if you use this regularly you can create a toolbar button or shortcut for this)

you can enter this command in the commandline at the bottom of TC window.

After this you can use the filenames in batch files etc...

There is a lot of ways to automate tasks using TC. So read the wiki, the forums and feel free to ask questiosn

[nkan]

You can seperate the search with a ";" or by a "space"

E.g. File1.txt ; File2.txt ; document*

Hello,

I'm trying to do the same thing, searching for multiple audio files in a folder with subfolders but it doesn't work.

Here is an example of how I do it with two file names in TC:
A Tribe Called Quest - Footprints.mp3 ; Biggie - Unbelievable [1994].mp3

When I put single file names it finds them but when I put them together it doesn't.
Perhaps someone can point out what I'm doing wrong.

Thanks in advance!

[tuska]

If there are spaces in the file name, put the file name in quotation marks (" "), e.g.

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"A Tribe Called Quest - Footprints.mp3";"Biggie - Unbelievable [1994].mp3"

[nkan]

If there are spaces in the file name, put the file name in quotation marks (" "), e.g.

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"A Tribe Called Quest - Footprints.mp3";"Biggie - Unbelievable [1994].mp3"

Thanks a lot that was the solution!