find text in file names

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find text in file names

Postby wingfield65 » Thu Jun 01, 2023 1:57 pm

folks

this seems incredibly simple, but not working. I'm using a filters (12). I'll just share the filter and an example of a file name. can someone share why this doens't work???

filters (12)

*f356*

file names. I have about 5000 files in the folder. Of those, around a dozen have f356. it's finding zero files.

here's an example of a file

TX_Dawson_f356_Givens_T12N_R6E_Sec6.jpg
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Re: find text in file names

Postby wingfield65 » Thu Jun 01, 2023 3:11 pm

ok folks. i solved this. even though the directory was showing in the top, I had to hit a carriage return to have the program recognize the directory.
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