The underscore symbol in Windows Search.

Creator.

Some file names contain underscores (_) but Windows10 Search cannot
separate those at the beginning or at the end of a file name.

EG _1234556 or 123456_

Do these need special treatment in the Search box?

Peter Jason wrote:
Creator.

Some file names contain underscores (_) but Windows10 Search cannot
separate those at the beginning or at the end of a file name.

EG _1234556 or 123456_

Do these need special treatment in the Search box?


Well, "exact match" is like this.

~="hello world"

but I don't think that's what you're after either.

Doing this:

~="123456_"

should match just the latter filename.

*******

What do you want to search for ?

What do you expect for results ?

Spell it out in detail, so I won't get it wrong :-)

Paul

On Mon, 11 Sep 2017 13:35:16 +1000, Peter Jason
wrote:

Some file names contain underscores (_) but Windows10 Search cannot
separate those at the beginning or at the end of a file name.

EG _1234556 or 123456_

Do these need special treatment in the Search box?

Peter,

In Windows 7 you can use
file:~_
in Windows Search to return file and folder names beginning with
an underscore, so try that.

I don't know a corresponding query for file names ending with
one. The "ends with" and "begins with" operators (~ and ~)
don't work here.

Doug M. in NJ

On Mon, 11 Sep 2017 17:38:07 -0400, Retroman wrote:

On Mon, 11 Sep 2017 13:35:16 +1000, Peter Jason
wrote:

Some file names contain underscores (_) but Windows10 Search cannot
separate those at the beginning or at the end of a file name.

EG _1234556 or 123456_

Do these need special treatment in the Search box?

Peter,

In Windows 7 you can use
file:~_
in Windows Search to return file and folder names beginning with
an underscore, so try that.

I don't know a corresponding query for file names ending with
one. The "ends with" and "begins with" operators (~ and ~)
don't work here.

Doug M. in NJ

Thanks to all. I have tried the "~" character and stumbled on a
solution (so far).
The problem is with file names in Tumblr such as:

tumblr_o3w0tcdH8U1th530qo3_500........

.....where there is _o3 at the beginning and o3_ at the end.

I'm searching for series where at the end of a common file name there
is a defining place in the series file names from o1_ to o10_.

The trick is to get Windows search to return file names with on_ and
NOT _on, wjere "n" is the sequence number in the series.

So far only this sort of thing wortks........

*o2_~ OR *o3_~ OR *o4_~ OR *o5~ etc.

Many thanks for your advice.

On Fri, 15 Sep 2017 07:46:55 +1000, Peter Jason
wrote:

On Mon, 11 Sep 2017 13:35:16 +1000, Peter Jason
wrote:

Some file names contain underscores (_) but Windows10 Search cannot
separate those at the beginning or at the end of a file name.

EG _1234556 or 123456_

Do these need special treatment in the Search box?
[snip]
So far only this sort of thing wortks........

*o2_~ OR *o3_~ OR *o4_~ OR *o5~ etc.

You are quite welcome, Peter.

Try using a wild card instead of a literal number, like this:

file:tumblr*o?_

The "tumblr" prefix is optional. Adding it excludes other files
that might contain the " o?_" string.

Doug M. in NJ

On Fri, 15 Sep 2017 10:07:09 -0400, Retroman wrote:

On Fri, 15 Sep 2017 07:46:55 +1000, Peter Jason
wrote:

On Mon, 11 Sep 2017 13:35:16 +1000, Peter Jason
wrote:

Some file names contain underscores (_) but Windows10 Search cannot
separate those at the beginning or at the end of a file name.

EG _1234556 or 123456_

Do these need special treatment in the Search box?
[snip]
So far only this sort of thing wortks........

*o2_~ OR *o3_~ OR *o4_~ OR *o5~ etc.

You are quite welcome, Peter.

Try using a wild card instead of a literal number, like this:

file:tumblr*o?_

The "tumblr" prefix is optional. Adding it excludes other files
that might contain the " o?_" string.

Doug M. in NJ

Yes, this works, so far as I've seen:
file:tumblr*o2_ OR file:tumblr*o2_ OR file:tumblr*o4_ OR
file:tumblr*o5_ OR file:tumblr*o6_ OR file:tumblr*o7_ OR
file:tumblr*o8_ OR file:tumblr*o9_

On Mon, 18 Sep 2017 11:01:16 +1000, Peter Jason
wrote:

Try using a wild card instead of a literal number, like this:

file:tumblr*o?_

The "tumblr" prefix is optional. Adding it excludes other files
that might contain the " o?_" string.

Yes, this works, so far as I've seen:

file:tumblr*o2_ OR file:tumblr*o2_ OR file:tumblr*o4_ OR
file:tumblr*o5_ OR file:tumblr*o6_ OR file:tumblr*o7_ OR
file:tumblr*o8_ OR file:tumblr*o9_

Peter,

The question mark is a wild card for any single character, so you
don't need those OR conditions. Try the line that I posted
exactly as it is.

Doug M. in NJ

On 11/9/2017 11:35 AM, Peter Jason wrote:
Creator.

Some file names contain underscores (_) but Windows10 Search cannot
separate those at the beginning or at the end of a file name.

Forget about these GUI stuffs! Open a Command Prompt, do a "DIR /S/A"?


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On Mon, 18 Sep 2017 13:10:09 -0400, Retroman wrote:

On Mon, 18 Sep 2017 11:01:16 +1000, Peter Jason
wrote:

Try using a wild card instead of a literal number, like this:

file:tumblr*o?_

The "tumblr" prefix is optional. Adding it excludes other files
that might contain the " o?_" string.

Yes, this works, so far as I've seen:

file:tumblr*o2_ OR file:tumblr*o2_ OR file:tumblr*o4_ OR
file:tumblr*o5_ OR file:tumblr*o6_ OR file:tumblr*o7_ OR
file:tumblr*o8_ OR file:tumblr*o9_

Peter,

The question mark is a wild card for any single character, so you
don't need those OR conditions. Try the line that I posted
exactly as it is.

Doug M. in NJ

Yes I see, but i don't want the *o1 case because these singles are in
the vast majority. If a series presents itself, then I seek the *o1
for that series.

On Tue, 19 Sep 2017 07:41:11 +1000, Peter Jason
wrote:
Yes I see, but i don't want the *o1 case because these singles are in
the vast majority. If a series presents itself, then I seek the *o1
for that series.

OK, got it. I misunderstood what you meant by:

I'm searching for series where at the end of a common file
name there is a defining place in the series file names
from o1_ to o10_.

Doug M. in NJ