No result when searching file extension using one letter

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Starman
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No result when searching file extension using one letter

Post by Starman »

Hi everyone,
I wanted to search for all files with extensions that contain "r" and I did that by typing *.r
Everything didn't even start searching with it, the result window was blank. It only started showing results when I input more letters, e.g: *rv
What can I do ? (I tried searching without the *, but it returned everything that has ".r" in its name, so it was a mess).

Also, how can I filter search results so that Everything only shows files (but all files, even the ones that aren't video/audio/executable, etc...) instead of files and folders?
void
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Re: No result when searching file extension using one letter

Post by void »

Everything will match the whole filename when using wildcards.

Please try the following search:

*.r*



Please note that this will also match

The.Lord.of.the.Rings.mp3



For more control please try the following search:

regex:\.r[^.]*$

regex: = enable regular expressions
\. = match a literal .
[^.]* = match any character except . any number of times.
$ = match the end of the filename.



For Everything 1.5, please try the following search:

extension:r*



To find files only (no folders), include the following in your search:

file:
Starman
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Re: No result when searching file extension using one letter

Post by Starman »

file:regex:\.r[^.]*$ does what I want but it's hard for me to memorize.
I just upgrade to 1.5 and extension:r* works
Thank you so much!
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