Search Syntax
Operators
Search Terms
Wildcards
Macros
Character Entities
Filename Parts
See also
Operators
space
AND two
search terms together.
For example:
abc 123 searches for:
abc AND
123
|
OR two
search terms together.
For example:
abc|123 searches for:
abc OR
123
!
NOT a
search term.
For example:
!abc searches for: NOT
abc
< >
Group search terms together.
For example:
!<ABC 123> searches for: NOT (
abc AND
123)
" "
Escape operator characters.
For example:
"ABC 123" searches for the literal text: ABC 123
Search Terms
The search is broken into search terms using search operators.
Search terms can be literal text or
Search Functions.
For example:
ABC searches for the literal text
ABC.
date-modified:today searches for files and folders modified today.
Search terms can be prefixed with
Search Modifiers to change the search behavior.
For example:
case:ABC matches uppercase only text
ABC.
Wildcards
*
Matches zero or more characters (except \).
**
Matches zero or more characters.
?
Matches one character (except \).
The whole filename is matched when using a wildcard.
Examples:
*.mp3 match mp3 files.
foo* match files and folders starting with foo.
stem:*bar match files and folders ending with bar. (ignoring extension)
Macros
audio:
Search for audio files.
zip:
Search for compressed files.
doc:
Search for document files.
exe:
Search for executable files.
image:
Search for image files.
video:
Search for video files.
Examples:
audio: search for audio files.
audio:|video: search for audio or video files.
Character Entities
&vert:
Literal vertical line (|)
&excl:
Literal exclamation mark (!)
<:
Literal less than (<)
>:
Literal greater than (>)
":
Literal double quote (")
&#<n>:
Literal unicode character <n> in decimal.
&#x<n>:
Literal unicode character <n> in hexadecimal.
Examples:
C:\Program&sp:Files
Search in C:\Program files.
Same as searching for "C:\Program Files".
Using a space without quotes would break the search into C:\Program AND files.
&excl:readme.txt
Search files and folders with a filename matching !readme.txt
Same as searching for "!readme.txt"
Using ! without quotes would mean NOT.
content:":foo":
Search for files that contain "foo".
Quotes are included in the search.
diacritics:­:
Search for files and folders that contain a Soft hyphen (-) in the filename.
Character Entities
Filename parts
| Full Path | C:\folder\file.txt |
| Name | file.txt |
| Path | C:\folder |
| Stem | file |
| Extension | txt |
See also
Search Modifiers
Search Functions
