Search Dialog
Clicking on the triangle beside the "Find" box on the Tool
Bar, or selecting Search from the index menu or typing Control-F (Apple-F on the
Mac) will pop up the search dialog, which contains a number of fields which can be
used to refine a search. Files returned will match all the conditions given, but the
modification time fields can be left blank and the size fields left 0 to indicate
those fields match any file. The "Contains", "File Name" and "Folder Path" fields all
must contain the * wild card character ( ) if they
are to match everything. These fields all have a check box to the right of them,
which can be used to indicate that the field contents are a
regular expression.
The fields are:
Contains: |
Words or phrases contained in the files sought. If a simple list of
words is given, then all of those words must be present in the target
file, but wild cards and logical operators can be used to construct much
more elaborate conditions. (Search Phrases)
If you wish files to be selected without regard to their contents, place
a single "*" wild card character in the field.
A regular expression can be
used in this field if the box to the right of the field is selected.
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File Name: |
This field can be used to limit the results to files with a particular
kind of name, typically using the "*" wild card character. For
example to limit the results to just files with the "txt" extension, you
could use *.txt or if you wanted just files with the
name "test", but with any extension, then test.* would
work.
Note that only the "*" wild card character is supported in this field
and the logical operators available in the contents field cannot be used
here. However more advanced criteria can be specified by entering a regular expression and checking the box to the
right. For instance to limit the results to files with an extension of
either "txt" or "doc" the regular expression
txt$|doc$ could be used.
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Folder Name |
The folder name criteria applies to the full path name of the folder
(directory) that contains the file. Use the star wild card or a
regular expression to enter just a portion of the path.
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Max Results |
This is the maximum number of results to return from a search. If more
files match the criteria, the sort order (see the
display page) is used to determine which
files are returned.
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Last Modified |
These fields can be used to limit the results to files
modified before or after a specific date. The date format
must conform to the formats that are specified in the
regional/international system settings on your computer, but
these will be the same as shown in the file results table.
Time values are ignored and the time used will be 00:00 on the
specified date.
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Size |
These fields can be used to limit the results to files of specific sizes.
The values must be numbers and represent the number of bytes in the file.
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Referrals |
If the index has commands to refer searches to other indexes or other
machines (see referrals), then a list of the
referral names will appear at the bottom of the search dialog along with a
check box for each. There will also be a check box for current (local)
index. Which indexes are actually searched can be set by checking the
referrals you wish to use.
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