Newbie question (searching for two names in a file/dirname)

[klappa]

I am getting frantic! How can i search for ex. two words that are present in a file/dirname?

Searching for Britney Spears doesn't come up with any results instead i have to search for Britney only. Do i have to use a comma or something?

And the helpfile in TC doesn't explain it in detail at all.

Newbie sorry!

Worse yet, if the dirname for ex. contains underscores between the names and such it makes it even harder...

Thanks in advance!

[MVV]

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.

[klappa]

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.

Very thanks! You helped me alot!

[Balderstrom]

@MVV:
Should we be looking for Britney Spears files on our computers?

[HolgerK]

None of the mentioned methods finds a single file with "Britney Spears" on my computer.

What am i doing wrong?


Holger

[SQUIRE]

NO Britney Spears? Ah, very good. That shows you are a person of great taste and discernment and wil surely have a place reserved in Heaven for when you are finally uninstalled and securely deleted.

Btw, any Paris Hilton?

[HolgerK]

I don't find her either.
Only something like "Free Man In Paris.mp3" and "Testament - Paris - 2008-11-26"

[MVV]

I think if you wanna to find Britney on your computers someone should put it there before.
BTW discussion about putting Brintey into your computers is a bit off-topic here.

[ehab]

thanks MVV i will never miss a Brintey file again : D

[HolgerK]

To stay off-topic:
Is a brint eye something like this?

Than i can confirm that i finally found a photo of a brintey on my computer.

Thanks to all
Holger

[MVV]

thanks MVV i will never miss a Brintey file again : D

Topic starter said that he wanted to find Britney on his computer, so I wrote how he can do it using same example.

[GammelBert]

OK, now that we can find her name, how can we find her phone number?

[Balderstrom]

Google Search: "britney spears" "total commander"
About 70,700 results (0.14 seconds)

But we're number one!

[MVV]

OK, now that we can find her name, how can we find her phone number?

Just google it, or ask her via e-mail.

[gt]

I have a somewhat related question.
Is there a simple way to search the contents of files through the "Find Files" dialog for several keywords simultaneously? I found no AND operator or similar in the documentation. And I don't think it can be done using a regexp query either.

For example I would fill the Find Files dialog like this:

Search for: *
[x] Find text: Britney AND Spears

And I would expect it to return a list of files that contain BOTH words "Britney" and "Spears" anywhere in the file text regardless of order.
How do I achieve that?