Find (search for) files that AREN'T .jpg

[gezgin]

It's easy to search through multiple (nested) directories for files that have a particular extension: *.jpg, *.doc, *.txt, *.db etc

How do I search for files that DON'T have a particular extension? Can it be done in TC as it currently is? Or is this a new feature that needs to be added to 8.0?

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Bob

[ghisler(Author)]

Try *.* | *.jpg

[petermad]

Or read the Help

[gezgin]

[face=timesnewroman]

Or read the Help :roll:

I did search through Help first w/o coming up with anything useful. Christian's "|" advice for example is not obviously documented anywhere that I can see. (I've been a registered user of TC since 1999 and never came across that trick.)

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Bob[/face]

[Gral]

[quote="gezgin"]
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(I've been a registered user of TC since 1999 and never came across that trick.)
...

...and just since 1999 WC/TC has this feature (DESCRIBED IN HELP)

[petermad]

2gezgin

Sorry - I couldn't help myself.

But when you have the Search dialog open, click the Help button - and there it is under "Examples:" (just 13 lines down):

w*.*|*.bak *.old finds files, which start with w and do not end with .bak or .old

[Stiltzkin]

also:

http://i.imgur.com/yrDwY.png

[kodybrown]

I missed that too! Thanks for the tip!