Hi there,
can you advice how I can find files which contains "2.96" in filename? Just entering 2.96 into Search For field does not work
Many thanks
Vladimir
how to search in FindFiles
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Re: how to search in FindFiles
2vladobbb
Try this: *2.96*
Try this: *2.96*
Help wrote:When the search string contains a dot, Total Commander will look for the exact name match.
Re: how to search in FindFiles
TC can do both - so called "glob"-searches and commonplace substring searches. The problem here is that TC does not use separate entry-masks for either type of search but rather mingles them into one single entry-field. To discriminate between both search-types TC will follow some internal rules - the most important one with respect to your problem being that any search-term containing a dot (".") will be interpreted as a "glob"-search that will obey an exact syntax but will also enable the use of wildcards.
Now your search-term does contain a dot in the filename already whereas simple filenames will use the dot as delimiter between the filename and the extension. As a consequence your search-term - expressed by formalistic "glob"-syntax - actually does contain 2 dots, one within the filename and another one implicitly between the filename and the extension to follow.
The exact term you will have to search for hence will be:
*2.96*.*
Another possibility to perform that search would be using search-plugins where you could specify "tc-name-contains" 2.96 which would help avoiding any confusion between the first dot in the filename and the second dot implicitly separating the filename from the (possible) file-extension.
HTH
Now your search-term does contain a dot in the filename already whereas simple filenames will use the dot as delimiter between the filename and the extension. As a consequence your search-term - expressed by formalistic "glob"-syntax - actually does contain 2 dots, one within the filename and another one implicitly between the filename and the extension to follow.
The exact term you will have to search for hence will be:
*2.96*.*
Another possibility to perform that search would be using search-plugins where you could specify "tc-name-contains" 2.96 which would help avoiding any confusion between the first dot in the filename and the second dot implicitly separating the filename from the (possible) file-extension.
HTH