Total Commander

Posted: **2025-03-27, 08:19 UTC**

Is it possible to increase search text length limit in Lister?

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<Error!>  (L=287>255)
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some_long_message_some_long_message_some_long_message_some_long_message_some_long_message_some_long_message_some_long_message_some_long_message_some_long_message_some_long_message_some_long_message_some_long_message_some_long_message_some_long_message_some_long_message_some_long_message
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Retry   Cancel   
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Posted: **2025-03-27, 14:55 UTC**

Currently this isn't possible because of how the search works (it uses a single byte for the length). Can you use a shorter string, maybe with regular expressions to find the start and end of your special string?

Posted: **2025-03-28, 08:15 UTC**

Yes, I can use shorter search text at the moment and then verify if the full text is the one I want.
So it's not showstopper for me, just inconvenience: instead of pressing Ctrl+F, Ctrl+V, Enter I have to perform a series of manipulations.
Luckily I don't need to do this often.

Maybe TC could do something similar: search for the first 255 bytes, then compare with the rest?

Posted: **2025-03-28, 09:29 UTC**

The Lister plugins Akelpad and CudaLister support such long search strings.

Total Commander

Search text length limit in Lister

Search text length limit in Lister

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