Why is not not not when at the start of a path?
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searching for "!abc123"
you can search, !!abc123
& that is fine
(not negates not, leaving not, which is what you want.)
but, /!!abc123
does not work (iow, to find !abc123 at the beginning of a path-part)?
yet, /!abc123 does (work)?
(as does /"!abc123", but that is expected)
why can you not not when not beginning a path-part,
but you cannot not not when you are,
& yet path-part/not does work?
?
it's kind of like / OR \ is eating not (!)?
(i think i just tied myself into a knot.)
(In case it matters, I almost always have PATH enabled.)
Why is not not not when at the start of a path?
Re: Why is not not not when at the start of a path?
1. ! is a valid character in filenames
2. ! is an operator, but to make it easier to explain (for me
), see it as a search modifier not:
With that:
- a ! enclosed in "" is a literal ("textual") !, no longer a search operator
- /!!abc123 will also be seen as a literal ! (and will find c:\!!abc123 as it is not at the start.
P.S. The title should be: Why is not not not when NOT at the start of a path
Or not? Please nod if not not.
2. ! is an operator, but to make it easier to explain (for me
), see it as a search modifier not:With that:
- a ! enclosed in "" is a literal ("textual") !, no longer a search operator
- /!!abc123 will also be seen as a literal ! (and will find c:\!!abc123 as it is not at the start.
Those should find filenames "!abc123". The ! is literal here too.
P.S. The title should be: Why is not not not when NOT at the start of a path
Or not? Please nod if not not.
Re: Why is not not not when at the start of a path?
The ! must appear first.
Please try:
!/abc123
Please try:
!/abc123
Re: Why is not not not when at the start of a path?
But in this case, ! is part of the file name, "!abc123".
And I was looking for "!abc123" at the start of a path, /.
So !/abc123 would not (or is it !
) return "!abc123" as a (wanted) result.
And I was looking for "!abc123" at the start of a path, /.
So !/abc123 would not (or is it !
) return "!abc123" as a (wanted) result.Re: Why is not not not when at the start of a path?
What about:
!/!abc123
which Everything will see as:
NOT /!abc123
!/!abc123
which Everything will see as:
NOT /!abc123
Re: Why is not not not when at the start of a path?
Well, !!/!abc123 does work (returning the wanted !abc123).
Though that it, or other methods do return expected results, I'm more questioning as to why /!!abc123 does not - when it is at the beginning of a path separator?
(Where you would expect !! to NOT the !, leaving only [a literal] !.)
Though that it, or other methods do return expected results, I'm more questioning as to why /!!abc123 does not - when it is at the beginning of a path separator?
(Where you would expect !! to NOT the !, leaving only [a literal] !.)
Re: Why is not not not when at the start of a path?
Same reason abc!123 is not treated as: abc NOT 123
The ! in abc!123 is treated as literal character if it is preceded with a literal character.
! is only treated as NOT when it is the first character.
Everything treats / and \ as a literal character.
The ! in abc!123 is treated as literal character if it is preceded with a literal character.
! is only treated as NOT when it is the first character.
Everything treats / and \ as a literal character.