Filenames with blanks

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WMR
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Filenames with blanks

Post by WMR »

I am having trouble finding files with an internal blank (or blanks). Here are two screenshots, illustrating that Everything finds examples of a search for "colinas" but if I change to "las colinas", nada. Probably something trivial but I couldn't determine the problem. I've tried all permutations of capitalizations and inclusion/exclusion of the asterisk. Attached are two screenshots of successive searches.
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NotNull
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Re: Filenames with blanks

Post by NotNull »

You likely have Match whole filename when using wildcards enabled.
(Menu:Tools > Options > General > Search)

That causes your colinas* to search for filemnames that start with colinas, followed by anything (or nothing)

A couple of options:

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las colinas
"las colinas"
las*colinas*
las?colinas*
startwith:"las colinas"
You can also uncheck Match whole filename when using wildcards


See also: Everything Search Syntax
void
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Re: Filenames with blanks

Post by void »

Please escape spaces with double quotes ("):

"las colinas*"
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