Find Files by Name

To Find Files by Name

Start the Find > Files routine

• Select Find > Files by Name... or (Alt+I,F) from the main menu to open the dialog where you can specify exactly which files you want to find.
• If one or more folders are selected in the contents (right-hand) window those folders will be automatically entered into the Paths field of the find dialog.
• If no folders are selected in the contents window then the current folder will be entered into the Paths field.
• Of course you can change the paths at any time.
• FileBoss remembers what has been searched in the past even when it has been closed and then started again so you can always select a previous entry using the drop down list.

Specify what you want to find

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• Select the drives or paths you want to check. Multiple paths are separated with the semi-colon (;), comma (,) or bar character (|). You can even specify folders to exclude by preceding the name with a minus sign. For complete details right-click over either the Paths  or the Patterns field.
• Enter one or more file patterns (or full filenames) you want to find. Multiple names and pattersn are separated with the semi-colon (;), comma (,) or bar character (|) (Hint: to quickly enter a bar character with a space on either side use Ctrl+space).
• Click OK to search and create a Virtual Folder of all matching files

In the above example FileBoss will find all files in and below the folder S:\Shakespeare\Plays that match the patterns full.* ; index.* ; *.jpg ; *.jpeg
 

Hint: You can limit your search (and thus speed it up and make its results more meaningful) by specifying one or more folders to search instead of just a whole drive and, in the above example, folders to be excluded.

• Click OK to search and create a Virtual Folder of all matching files