Search Syntax

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Operators
Search Terms
Wildcards
Macros
Character Entities
Filename Parts
Examples



Operators

space
AND two search terms together.
For example:
abc 123 searches for: abc AND 123



|
OR two search terms together.
For example:
abc|123 searches for: abc OR 123



!
NOT a search term.
For example:
!abc searches for: NOT abc



< >
Group search terms together.
For example:
!<ABC 123> searches for: NOT ( abc AND 123)



" "
Escape operator characters.
For example:
"ABC 123" searches for the literal text: ABC 123



Search Terms

The search is broken into search terms using search operators.

Search terms can be literal text or Search Functions.

For example:

ABC

searches for the literal text

ABC

.

date-modified:today

searches for files and folders modified today.

Search terms can be prefixed with Search Modifiers to change the search behavior.

For example:

case:ABC

matches uppercase only text

ABC

.



Wildcards

*

Matches zero or more characters (except \).

**

Matches zero or more characters.

?

Matches one character (except \).

The whole filename is matched when using a wildcard.

Examples:

*.mp3

match mp3 files.

foo*

match files and folders starting with foo.

stem:*bar

match files and folders ending with bar. (ignoring extension)



Macros

audio:

Search for audio files.

zip:

Search for compressed files.

doc:

Search for document files.

exe:

Search for executable files.

image:

Search for image files.

video:

Search for video files.

Examples:

audio:

search for audio files.

audio:|video:

search for audio or video files.




Character Entities

&sp:

Literal space ( )

&vert:

Literal vertical line (|)

&excl:

Literal exclamation mark (!)

&lt:

Literal less than (<)

&gt:

Literal greater than (>)

&quot:

Literal double quote (")

&#<n>:

Literal unicode character <n> in decimal.

&#x<n>:

Literal unicode character <n> in hexadecimal.

Filename parts

Full Path	C:\folder\file.txt
Name	file.txt
Path	C:\folder
Stem	file
Extension	txt

Examples

C:\Program&sp:Files

Search in

C:\Program files

.
Same as searching for

"C:\Program Files"

.
Using a space would break the search into

C:\Program

AND

files

.

&excl:readme.txt

Search files and folders with a filename matching !readme.txt
Same as searching for

"!readme.txt"

Using ! would mean NOT.

content:&quot:foo&quot:

Search for files that contain

"foo"

.
Quotes are included in the search.

diacritics:&#xad:

Search for files and folders that contain a Soft hyphen (-) in the filename.

Character Entities



Search Modifiers
Search Functions