how to use <> grouping with full paths?

[hellen_dorandt89]

Lets I say I have three paths like:

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C:\Users\user1\documents\Allan\
C:\Users\user2\music\Norse
C:\Users\user3\Notes\Daily

I wanto to use grouping <> so that all results are limited to these 3 paths
I tried

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<C:\Users\user1\documents\Allan\;C:\Users\user2\music\Norse;C:\Users\user3\Notes\Daily>

And I get an empty search but when I try:

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"C:\Users\user1\documents\Allan\" | "C:\Users\user2\music\Norse" | "C:\Users\user3\Notes\Daily"

It works but doing something like:

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"C:\Users\user1\documents\Allan\" | "C:\Users\user2\music\Norse" .csv

other file extension are present in the search results such as .pdf or images until I do:

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"C:\Users\user1\documents\Allan\" .csv | "C:\Users\user2\music\Norse" .csv

This would be too daunting with more than three paths.
I would like to build a search like:

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ThesePathsOnly:<"Path\one ";"Path\two";"Path\three";"Path\four"> .csv

where only .csv files are shown, under these paths:

• Path\one

• Path\two

• Path\three

• Path\four

I need this so I can define a predetermined lists of paths under bookmark and then do:

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Mybookmark: .csv

Any help with this will be most appreciated

[raccoon]

<C:\Path1\|"C:\Path Two\"|D:\Media\> .csv

Your setting under Options > General > Search > Operator precedence: [OR > AND]/[AND > OR] is going to determine how spaces and pipes are grouped when no angle brackets are both used -- angle brackets will allow you to force precedence for grouping.

Another option is:

path:C:\Path1\;"C:\Path Two\";D:\Media\ .csv
path:"C:\Path1\;C:\Path Two\;D:\Media\" .csv

To create your bookmark or filter, set the Search field to any of the above example formats above, followed by a space and the verb 'search:'
path:"C:\Path1\;C:\Path Two\;D:\Media\" search:
Then set the Macro field of the bookmark to: foo<search>
Now in the searchbar you can use foo:.csv or foo: .csv

[hellen_dorandt89]

Perfect, that has it working exactly as I needed it to. Very insightfull post too. Thanks!