Case sensitive in TC search doesn't work

[klappa]

I search for SAT but it brings up Sat or sat despite checking the case sensitive option. I just to find those dirs with the exact name of "SAT".

Is it possible?

Thanks!

[herman5]

YOu know that you are on WINDOWS FS right?
there is NO case sensitivity thats why searching for "SAT" allways brings up "sat" "SAT" "Sat" etc

if you want a case sensitive fs you have to switch to *unix...

[klappa]

YOu know that you are on WINDOWS FS right?
there is NO case sensitivity thats why searching for "SAT" allways brings up "sat" "SAT" "Sat" etc

if you want a case sensitive fs you have to switch to *unix...

Then why have the CASE sensitive option if it obviously doesn't work?

Found this but it obviously doesn't help me much though.

W/o regex:

To find names with Britney or Spears just type *Britney* *Spears* w/o any quotes (asterisks before and after tell that any characters may be in filename before and after word).
To find names with exact string Britney Spears type this string in double quotes: "*Britney Spears*".
To find names with both Britney and Spears but with any single character between words type *Britney?Spears*.
To find names with both Britney and Spears but with any characters between words type *Britney*Spears*.

Same using regex ('regex' checkbox must be checked):

To find names with Britney or Spears just type Britney|Spears w/o any quotes.
To find names with exact string Britney Spears type it: Britney Spears.
To find names with both Britney and Spears but with any single character between words type Britney.Spears.
To find names with both Britney and Spears but with any characters between words type Britney.*Spears.
To find names with Britney Spears or Britney_Spears type Britney[ _]Spears.

Also press F1 in search dialog to get help topic about searching - and there will be link to page that describes regex syntax.

[umbra]

if you want a case sensitive fs you have to switch to *unix...

Or enable it in registry, since NTFS is case sensitive FS. Windows just isn't using that ability.

2christianh
But you can do a case sensitive search just fine even without messing with your computer. Open the Find Files dialog, switch to 'Plugins' tab, select plugin 'tc', property 'fullname' and op '=(case)' and then type 'SAT' as the value. It should work.

[umbra]

Then why have the CASE sensitive option if it obviously doesn't work?

That option is for searching for case sensitive text in files. That's why it's enabled only when you tick 'Find text:'.

[klappa]

if you want a case sensitive fs you have to switch to *unix...

Or enable it in registry, since NTFS is case sensitive FS. Windows just isn't using that ability.

2christianh
But you can do a case sensitive search just fine even without messing with your computer. Open the Find Files dialog, switch to 'Plugins' tab, select plugin 'tc', property 'fullname' and op '=(case)' and then type 'SAT' as the value. It should work.

Thanks!

But it didn't work. Says No files found. I only want to find directories with the letters SAT uppercased.

Then why have the CASE sensitive option if it obviously doesn't work?

That option is for searching for case sensitive text in files. That's why it's enabled only when you tick 'Find text:'.

Oh. thought it was something like that.

[umbra]

But it didn't work. Says No files found. I only want to find directories with the letters SAT uppercased.

I hope you didn't type the quotation marks around the SAT as the value. Also make sure, that on the 'General' tab you have everything configured properly - except for 'Search for:', that should be left blank since you are using a plugin instead of it.

Note: You can combine other plugins and properties to narrow your future searches.

[klappa]

But it didn't work. Says No files found. I only want to find directories with the letters SAT uppercased.

I hope you didn't type the quotation marks around the SAT as the value. Also make sure, that on the 'General' tab you have everything configured properly - except for 'Search for:', that should be left blank since you are using a plugin instead of it.

Note: You can combine other plugins and properties to narrow your future searches.

HEhe noo! Im not that stupid. Yep did everything you said but it says it doesn't find the files, in this case it should be folders though.

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[karlchen]

Hello, christianh.

I search for SAT but it brings up Sat or sat despite checking the case sensitive option.

Cannot really reproduce this problem on
+ Windows 7 Home Premium 64-bit SP1
+ Total Commander 8.01 x64

I just to find those dirs with the exact name of "SAT". Is it possible?

Yes, it is.

1. <Alt><F7>
2. Tab "General"- Search for: <leave empty>
3. Tab "advanced" - Attributes Directory [x] ticked
4. Tab "Plugins" - Option [X] Search in plugins ticked
   plugin=tc
   property=fullname
   OP=cont.(case)
   value=SAT
5. [Start Search]
6. Result here:
   finds exactly one folder having the name D:\Users\karl\Downloads\Test\SAT
   ignores the folder D:\Users\karl\Downloads\Test2\sat

HTH,
Karl

[klappa]

Hello, christianh.

I search for SAT but it brings up Sat or sat despite checking the case sensitive option.

Cannot really reproduce this problem on
+ Windows 7 Home Premium 64-bit SP1
+ Total Commander 8.01 x64

I just to find those dirs with the exact name of "SAT". Is it possible?

Yes, it is.

1. <Alt><F7>
2. Tab "General"- Search for: <leave empty>
3. Tab "advanced" - Attributes Directory [x] ticked
4. Tab "Plugins" - Option [X] Search in plugins ticked
   plugin=tc
   property=fullname
   OP=cont.(case)
   value=SAT
5. [Start Search]
6. Result here:
   finds exactly one folder having the name D:\Users\karl\Downloads\Test\SAT
   ignores the folder D:\Users\adminkh\Downloads\Test2\sat

HTH,
Karl

Thanks that worked much better! What's the diff between the cont.case and =case?

Thanks alot!

[umbra]

The difference is that 'cont.case' will search for file/directory names that contain a substring 'SAT' (like 'eSAT', 'SATellite, ...') while '=(case)' will find only files/directories called exactly 'SAT'.
According to your first post:

I just to find those dirs with the exact name of "SAT".

So I presumed you wanted the exact search.

[karlchen]

The problem with tc.fullname is that any folder named SAT will have a pathname pre-fixed to it. As can be seen in the example that I gave, too.
As a consequence tc.fullname is not SAT, but D:\Users\karl\Downloads\Test\SAT e.g.
So maybe it would be better to use tc.name instead and =(case) SAT.

Will have to try.

Karl

[umbra]

2karlchen
tc.fullname = tc.name + tc.ext, it doesn't contain a path.

[MVV]

Usually 'full name' means 'file name with full path' BTW.
But you're right, tc.fullname returns just filename with extension.

[karlchen]

Hi, umbra, MVV.

You are both right. Temporary confusion on my side.

Cheers,
Karl