Content search number of matches column

[b0nk]

Hi!

I very frequently use the lovely content: search and I realized that it would be very useful to be able to see and sort the # of matches per file.

Example:

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content:foo

would find and display a result from the file foo.txt, and if you added the "Matches" column it would show the number of matches of foo found within the file.


Thanks for hearing me out!

[void]

Thank you for your feedback.

I am considering a content occurrence column.
Thank you for the suggestion.

For now, it can be done with formulas:

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add-column:a a:=STRINGCOUNT(GETPROPERTY($filename:,"content"),"foo")

The number of occurrences of foo is shown in Column A.

[b0nk]

Thank you for your feedback.

I am considering a content occurrence column.
Thank you for the suggestion.

For now, it can be done with formulas:

Code: Select all

add-column:a a:=STRINGCOUNT(GETPROPERTY($filename:,"content"),"foo")

The number of occurrences of foo is shown in Column A.

Marvelous!

[NotNull]

See also this thread for more options like creating a filter.