File type search

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magnus167
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File type search

Post by magnus167 »

Everything search can search for files EG: Videos. But can it search for a file type if the extension has been changed ? For example and MP4 extension in (movie.MP4) has been changed to TXT ( movie.txt ) ? If yes, how ?
therube
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Re: File type search

Post by therube »

No.

(In 1.4 beta...)
If you thought that that was the case, a .mp4 named with a .txt extension, you could turn on File Preview, & if you Preview the .txt file & instead of "text", you see "gibberish" with some text content, like; ftypeisom, avc, mp4, mov, or similar, that could be an indication that the file in question is a .mp4 rather then .txt ...
magnus167
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Re: File type search

Post by magnus167 »

Thanks!
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