How do I search in a folder but not subfolders?

[ctx]

Basically what the title says. Is it possible to search inside a folder while excluding the subfolders?

[void]

Please try the parent: search function, for example:

parent:c:\windows
parent:"c:\program files"

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[therube]

Can this or parents: or some other way do this (no-sub-folders:) but with relative or partial paths?


Say I have two trees:

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C:\out\COPY\X\
X:\Z\out\COPY\X\

can I do a search of

/out/COPY/X/

but not subfolders ?


I could use parents:, but in this case they're at different directory levels.
So parents:3 would work for one, & parents:4 would work for the other, but not both.
(And a parents:3-4 would also not work, because then any potential unwanted subdirectory could be picked up.)

And I could use parent:, but then I need full paths to each, & an or:

parent:C:\out\COPY\X\ | X:\Z\out\COPY\X\

(all of which isn't particularly convenient to enter).

[NotNull]

And I could use parent:, but then I need full paths to each, & an or:

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parent:C:\out\COPY\X\ | X:\Z\out\COPY\X\

That will not work. One of the following will:
parent:C:\out\COPY\X | parent:X:\Z\out\COPY\X
parent:<C:\out\COPY\X\|X:\Z\out\COPY\X\> (no spaces around |)
parent:<C:\out\COPY\X|X:\Z\out\COPY\X> (no spaces around |)
parent:C:\out\COPY\X\;X:\Z\out\COPY\X (requires Everything 1.5)

And with Match whole filename when using wildcards enabled (Options => Search) this will do:

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\out\COPY\X\*

(requires Everything 1.5)

[therube]

And with Match whole filename when using wildcards enabled (Options => Search) this will do:

I think I might like that.
I'll have to see how it goes...