I need help with regex.

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I'm trying to find files in all dirs except XXX YYY. regex:^((?!XXX YYY).)*$ doesn't work (result is empty).
ES doesn't work to ... I'm trying the latest versions. What I'm missing?
I'm aware about exclude option, but in this case it isn't suitable for me

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For example, to exclude C:\Program Files with regex:

regex:"^((?!C:\\Program Files).)*$"

Use double quotes (") to escape spaces.
Escape backslashes (\) with a backslash (\).

It might be easier (faster too) to use NOT regex:

!regex:"^C:\\Program Files"

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Excellent!!! Thank you VERY MUCH for help.

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Hi, David!
Your suggestions doesn't work with ES - can you help me or this is limitation of ES?

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They should work, I've just tested these searches with ES 1.1.

Please try ES 1.1.

es.exe regex:"^((?!C:\\Program Files).)*$"
es.exe !regex:"^C:\\Program Files"

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Thank you very much again!