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'Search' question (hopefully easy)

Post by *lleader »

How do you search for files that have two specific words in the filename that are not adjacent?

eg: sample filename, one of several similar:

Sara Paretsky - [V.I. Warshawski 13] - Hardball (html).rar

I want to search for all files containing 'Paretsky' and 'Warshawski'

I can't seem to figure out how to do this. Please try and not make me feel too stupid...
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Post by *MVV »

Search for: Paretsky.*Warshawski
Regex: Yes

OR even simpler (faster):

Search for: *Paretsky*Warshawski*
Regex: No
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Post by *lleader »

Thank you! Does just what I wanted. And I don't feel feel too stupid not knowing it... :)
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Post by *smaver »

I was just going to post the same issue when I found your post.

Don´t feel stupid, were in the same boat and btw MVV, it worked great for me too ¡¡¡

Thanks for helping rookies here.
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