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Without it being the 1st string? For example, if I type in chemistry, then files like chemistry-this, and chemistry-that, will show, but not biochemistry. Trying wildcards doesn't work: *chemistry. I note that . is a partial wildcard, for extensions. So If I want to return Excel files, then typing .xls will show all files ending in .xls, but typing in .chemistry will not bring up biochemistry. Obviously, I understand there's a logic to this, typing in a, will show all files starting with the letter a, and you likely would not want all filenames that have the letter a, but just wondering what other features can you search without it being the 1st letter phrase? 67.165.185.178 (talk) 11:18, 9 June 2021 (UTC).
chemistry-1.doc
for example, but not biochemistry.pdf
when you type in chemistry
..xls
files (pre-2010 Excel spreadsheets) when you type .xls
, but not finding anything when you type .chemistry
; you don't have any files with the .chemistry
filetype.chemistry*
and that will return any file whose filename begins with chemistry
, regardless of what, if anything, comes after. You could narrow this down to older Excel spreadsheets by entering chemistry*.xls
which will match any file whose name starts with chemistry
and ends with .xls
. If you wanted to find the file biochemistry.xls
, the following searches would work:
*chemistry*
*chemistry.xls
biochemistry*
.xls
biochemistry.xls
AND
, OR
and the like), filters for tags and certain file properties, date matching, and even another wildcard, ?
which matches any single character. Here is a link to Microsoft's documentation of their Advanced Query Syntax, or AQS. This explains all the different ways you can tighten or broaden your searches. ᛗᛁᛟᛚᚾᛁᚱPants Tell me all about it. 14:35, 10 June 2021 (UTC)You know what the wildcard * does work for me now. I gotta think about the cases if it didn't, if there were any. Damm, now I feel like an idiot for asking. 67.165.185.178 (talk) 15:08, 10 June 2021 (UTC).