So I wished to find all .log, .bat, .sfv files created or modified or accessed today.
Searching for these extensions either separated by a comma, semicolon, space, it did not work.
When selecting "On Date" I had to select either modified or created or accessed, but ..
I don't know for sure what to select, I just simply want to have all files on a specific date and within a specific timeframe,
no matter whether accessed or created.
Went into advanced search, but I cannot select "extensions" there (it is not listed).
I cud try 'Type' - this requires a lot scrolling and I am not sure whether sfv is listed somewhere.
I tried name with .txt .sfv .bat : no results.
I traced posting: Restrict flat view subfolders showing I should use *.(txt|bat|sfv)
That is fine. However, I rarely use this kind of searches. Tried to figure how to easily store this kind of searches, so I can recall them the next time.
Went as far as to checkout 'Stored Queries' gpsoft.com.au/help/opus10/de ... ueries.htm
but think it should not be so complicated.
Luckely I noticed it is remember the in the pull down menu.
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Q: Whilst trying out, I saved two entries under 'Advanced'. How to get rid of them? Clear does not work, they remain listed.
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Q: Is there a way to search for files within a date-time frame irrespective if created, or accessed, or modified?
[quote="mrwul"]That is fine. However, I rarely use this kind of searches. Tried to figure how to easily store this kind of searches, so I can recall them the next time.
Went as far as to checkout 'Stored Queries' gpsoft.com.au/help/opus10/de ... ueries.htm
but think it should not be so complicated.[/quote]
What you want is the Pattern Matching Syntax reference near the back of the manual. Near the top it gives an example of what you were trying to do:
*.(gif|bmp|jpg)
That page is also linked from the Simple Find page (which you get if you push F1 when the Find panel is active), at the top where it describes the Name matching field you were typing things into.
The Stored Queries page you found is about using Windows Search and you can ignore that entirely if you are using the Find Panel.
Preferences / File Operations / Filters
The accessed timestamp in Windows is completely useless, so let's ignore that before we go any further. That leaves us with Created and Modified.
You can the Advanced tab and create a filter which matches based on the Created or Modified timestamps, like this.
(You could include the Accessed timestamps as well if you really want to, but you don't because they are useless and doing searches by Accessed timestamp will only get you spurious results, never anything useful.)
p.s.
BTW: Would it not be an idea to implement a search similar to Everything?
Yes, I know, it is possible to create a button and have Everything running in the background, but then again, the layout is different (like not an incremental search)
As Everything is searching for files in a different way (indexing file/foldernames from NTFS MFT), it is incredibly fast.
