Search for all extensionless files?

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JTCGiants56
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Search for all extensionless files?

Post by JTCGiants56 »

Is this possible?
therube
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Re: Search for all extensionless files?

Post by therube »

ext:

(Actually, what that does is to find files without "dots".
A file name like, "zlib_1.2_dll" is not "extensionless".
The "extension" is "2_dll", so is not found.)

(There is something else, but off the top of my head, I'm not remembering.)


(Oh, & searching for ext:, sorted by size, very quickly found me two files that should of had an extension but did not.)
JTCGiants56
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Re: Search for all extensionless files?

Post by JTCGiants56 »

Thanks!

No worries, the "ext:" found the files I was looking for.
void
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Re: Search for all extensionless files?

Post by void »

Another way is to search for:
!.

! = NOT
JTCGiants56
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Re: Search for all extensionless files?

Post by JTCGiants56 »

Thanks.

Not sure if I should open a different thread but had a different question. How do I search for videos with "!" exclamation points? When I put in an exclamation point in the search it clears everything out.
void
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Re: Search for all extensionless files?

Post by void »

Use double quotes to escape !
"!"

! only means NOT when it is the first character.
JTCGiants56
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Re: Search for all extensionless files?

Post by JTCGiants56 »

Thank you
Thy Grand Voidinesss
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Re: Search for all extensionless files?

Post by Thy Grand Voidinesss »

void wrote: Fri Aug 17, 2018 4:49 am Another way is to search for:
!.

! = NOT
To be precise and to not have to be forced to use also a Filter that would remove folders from the list of shown items: in order to find extensionless files user has to look for

Code: Select all

file:!.
right?
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Re: Search for all extensionless files?

Post by void »

Correct.
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