Finder: Finding files with digits

Sudhin · Post by **Sudhin** » 2004 Jul 25, 14:43

How do I search for filenames which contain numbers:
1. At least one number > admin1.txt to admin9.txt
2. At least two numbers > user12.txt to user99.txt
and so on...

I tried regular expressions *[0-9]. But this doesn't return any files.
Does xplorer2 support regular expression in Finder? Where do I find more documenation about this feature?

Post by **nikos** » 2004 Jul 25, 14:47

unfortunately regular expressions aren't supported (yet)
so there's no way to search for digits
you can use the generic *? wildcards, and that's about it for filenames

Sudhin · Post by **Sudhin** » 2004 Jul 25, 15:01

Thank you, Nikos. For the quick reply.

On the same topic, I figured I can add Additional Rules. But to search for 0-9 would result in 10 rules. Is there a way to concatenate the rules (say using boolean logic) so as to achive the same result in one line?

Post by **nikos** » 2004 Jul 25, 15:41

now that i think about it, you gave me an idea!
you can also scan for filenames using the "name" additional rule
if you use a string like 0,1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9 for the name rule, you'll get all filenames that include a digit!

notice how commas are used to perform boolean OR within the text content, which in this case is the name. You only need the one rule. The quickstart guide explains this in more detail