Search with Regex within a specific folder

[joeldebruijn]

I am able to search within a specific folder, just by starting the search with something like "/home/user/folderX/folderY".

Also searching with RegEx is succesfull, for example searching for "\d{8} - \d{6}" which matches a lot of my files using YYYYMMDD - HHMMSS naming convention.

But scratching my head about a combination:

I think I tried every combination with toggling on/off for Location and RegEx.
What am I missing?

[cboxdoerfer]

Hi, the problem is with the space between the path and regex query. In regex mode, spaces are treated literally and not as a logical AND. So you are basically searching for files which start with "Retail", followed by a space, then eight digits, and so on.

So what you want to do instead is:

If you want to search within a subfolders of /home/user/folderX/folderY:

1 Disable regex mode
2. Disable search in path mode
3. Use the following query: path:/home/user/folderX/folderY regex:"\d{8} - \d{6}"

or

If you want to search only within /home/user/folderX/folderY:

1. Keep regex mode enabled
2. Keep search in path mode enabled
3. Use the following query: /home/user/folderX/folderY/\d{8} - \d{6}

There are a few others ways to achieve the same goals, but that should do the trick.

[joeldebruijn]

Tested and worked, also the quotation for RegEx could have fooled me probably so thanks for the quick response!

[ajaxStardust]

Never underestimate the power of path:/to/desired