How to sort (by name) from specific caracter

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ghost54770
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How to sort (by name) from specific caracter

Post by ghost54770 »

Hello
Is it possible to sort (by name) results from specific started caracter ?
Example : I have folders name and my started caracter is the second "#".
rrr#111#c
gegop#1668#b
zzz##z

i want sort like this (abz):
gegop#1668#b
rrr#111#c
zzz##z
void
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Re: How to sort (by name) from specific caracter

Post by void »

You will be able to in Everything 1.5 with the following search:

regex:.*#.*#(.*) sort:regmatch1
ghost54770
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Re: How to sort (by name) from specific caracter

Post by ghost54770 »

Thanks ! It's work very well :D
ghost54770
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Re: How to sort (by name) from specific caracter

Post by ghost54770 »

One last question :
Is it possible to not display specific caracter from match ?
example:
rrr#111#c
gegop#1668#b
zzz##z

to

c
b
z
NotNull
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Re: How to sort (by name) from specific caracter

Post by NotNull »

Try it with:

Code: Select all

regex:^.*?#.*?#(.*)$    addcolumn:regmatch1    sort:regmatch1
The new column Regular Expression Match 1 will contain the text from after the second #.
ghost54770
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Re: How to sort (by name) from specific caracter

Post by ghost54770 »

Thank you NotNull !
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