TC doesn't find files with dot in the name

[Sektor]

Say, I have file "My.Text.File.txt" in some folder.
If I try to search for "My." or "My.Text", TC doesn't find it (File Explorer finds perfectly).

[CoolWater]

2Sektor

TC help says:

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When the search string contains a dot, Total Commander will look for the exact name match.

So you should use the * wildcard, although it could produce "wrong" results...

HTH
CoolWater

[Hacker]

[mod]Moved to the English forum.

Hacker (Moderator)[/mod]

[GPEX]

Say, I have file "My.Text.File.txt" in some folder.
If I try to search for "My." or "My.Text", TC doesn't find it (File Explorer finds perfectly).

original file - My.Text.File.txt

My.*
My.Text* or
*Text.File.txt

Just FYI

[Sektor]

All is well and good, but why File Explorer does find it?
It's not a bug - it's a feature?

[norfie²]

It's not a bug - it's a feature?

Yes, it is a feature. TCmd's behaviour is fine if you need to find a file with exact filename.
E.g. your are looking for the file file.txt.
File explorer will find all files with *file.txt*. If thousand files matching this pattern you need to search the file with excact match file.txt in this thousand files by yourself.

[MVV]

Sektor,
Explorer uses another rules for search field, obviously.

TC, as it was mentioned, expects full names with wildcards if you want to find dots, e.g. "*My.*" or "*My.Text*" (for searching in any part of filename) instead of your examples in first post.

[Sektor]

MVV
OK. Thanks for explanations.