Invert (exclude) complex regex expression

[user743]

Hello all!

For a long time I used simple saved search for filter-out (main menu Show->Custom...) various unimportant and temporary files in Total Commander panels:

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|*.bak *.*$* *.log *.cdc *.adt *.wbk *.err *.~lir *.~~lir *.~jnt *.tmp sync.ffs_db

Now I began to use the program, that saves backup copies of workin file in that manner:

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fname.rvt
fname.0001.rvt
fname.0002.rvt
fname.0003.rvt

and so on, where fname.rvt is a working copy of file, and others - backups. The extension may also be rfa, not only rvt. I want to filter-out this backups too.

I realized, that it impossible to do with wildcards (am I right?). Then I construct Regex for find this new type of files:

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.\.\d{4}\.(rvt|rfa)

, convert wildcard string to Regex, and combine them together:

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.\.(bak|log|cdc|adt|wbk|err|tmp|~lir|~~lir|~jnt)|sync\.ffs_db|.\.\d{4}\.(rvt|rfa)

What I am unable to do is invert this regex expression so that it excludes the found names from the result so I can use it for hiding this files (main menu Show->Custom...).

Could someone help me with this please?

[white]

Click the Define button, then click the Plugins tab and utilize the !regex operator.

[user743]

Thank you, white! It works for me!

[petermad]

2user743

I realized, that it impossible to do with wildcards (am I right?).

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|*.*.rvt

seems to work fine to filter fname.0001.rvt but stiil show fname.rvt