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Agent Friday
This is part question and part comment... I'd like to see the help topic
improved, but an immediate answer would be nice too...
In the help topic "Search for a file or folder", the line:
3. Type part or all of the name of the file or folder, or type a word or
phrase that is in the file.
seems to imply that you can either enter enter part of the filename, OR text
to find inside the files, when in reality you can enter both.
Also missing in the help:
- You can join multiple filespecs using semicolons
- If you're looking for a small filename (like help), you may get a huge
number of mathes that CONTAIN the word help, because the default behavior is
to match any substring in the filename. You can force it to use
whole-name-only matches by encloseing the name/filespec in quotes. How this
combines with multiple filespecs, I do not know...
- You can enter multiple words, and how that works
- How do you enter a phrase, as opposed to multiple single words. Do you
enclose it in quotes? Or is any series of 2 or more words treated as a
contiguous phrase?
The last one is what I'm trying to find out. I know I can figure it out by
running a couple experiments, but I don't have time right now.
Thanks!
-Agent
improved, but an immediate answer would be nice too...
In the help topic "Search for a file or folder", the line:
3. Type part or all of the name of the file or folder, or type a word or
phrase that is in the file.
seems to imply that you can either enter enter part of the filename, OR text
to find inside the files, when in reality you can enter both.
Also missing in the help:
- You can join multiple filespecs using semicolons
- If you're looking for a small filename (like help), you may get a huge
number of mathes that CONTAIN the word help, because the default behavior is
to match any substring in the filename. You can force it to use
whole-name-only matches by encloseing the name/filespec in quotes. How this
combines with multiple filespecs, I do not know...
- You can enter multiple words, and how that works
- How do you enter a phrase, as opposed to multiple single words. Do you
enclose it in quotes? Or is any series of 2 or more words treated as a
contiguous phrase?
The last one is what I'm trying to find out. I know I can figure it out by
running a couple experiments, but I don't have time right now.
Thanks!
-Agent