Search other files and folders based on first x characters of a given file name

[eswul62]

Maybe I am overlooking the solution, maybe it just isn't possible yet, I vainly searched for a solution for the following:

Example - whilst organizing files/folders.

In Explorer/Directory Opus, say I have a file name titled: file name xyz blah blah ... pdf

Based on the first part of that file I need to find -other- files and folders.
So, other files/folders starting with the first same characters, let's say first 10-12 characters or so.

My steps right now : 1) select file, 2) hit f2, 3)select fist words/characters, 4)ctrl-c, 5)escape, 6)paste clipboard in Everything search box.

Q: Would there be a command line instruction to do this (based on first 12 characters)?

(BTW - am facing the below issue on a very regular basis)

Thanks.

[void]

regex:(.{12}) add-column:1 dupe:1

regex: = enable regular expressions.
( ) = capture group - Regular Expressions Match 1
.{12} = match 12 characters.
add-column:1 = show the captured text. (optional)
dupe:1 = find files with the same captured text.

regex:
add-column:
dupe:

[eswul62]

Thanks a lot!
Will check and get back on this soonest.
(Have to go out now)

[puzzle]

regex:(.{12}) add-column:1 dupe:1

I'm confused, your example works, but If I want to grab the whole name and add an extention it doesn't.

regex:(.+)\.rar add-column:1 dupe:1

Should be the same logic.

[NotNull]

".rar" does not necessarily mean that it's the extension. The following files would be matched too:

I.love.rare.earth.magnets.txt
archive.rar.lnk

What exactly are you trying to find and show in the resultlist?

[puzzle]

".rar" does not necessarily mean that it's the extension. The following files would be matched too:

The thing is they don't, at all, even if you add $ at the end like so

regex:(.+)\.rar$ add-column:1 dupe:1

it still doesn't show any matches.
Same as the ts I was trying to find files and folders that share the same base name (without extension) as any .rar files in the directory to find duplicates.
This is not the real task though, I was just playing around to see if I could solve something non-trivial using only this app.

[NotNull]

Non-trivial is on the menu too

to find files and folders that share the same base name (without extension) as any .rar files in the directory to find duplicates.

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dupe:path   exact:fileexists:$stem:.rar

[NotNull]

Maybe this is the regex query you were looking for?

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regex:^(.+)\.rar$ add-column:1 dupe:1

(as said: be as precise and specific as possible in describing what you want and what the results should look like...)

[eswul62]

Many thanks indeed.
All these dupe-checks show that I have to do a -lot- of cleanups!