Print Folder with filter?

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Hello...

have a button but unfortunately does not work as desired...
but have no idea why:

PRINT FOLDER FILTER "!Dateiliste.txt" QUIET FLATVIEW=grouped TO=".\!Dateiliste.txt" FORMAT=!default

So the file list is created - so far no problem, but in the !Dateiliste.txt the !Dateiliste.txt with 0 bytes is present, so it is listed. But the filter should actually prevent that the file list is included in the *.txt or not? in any case I find for it unfortunately small solution... Does anyone have any advice? Thanks a lot!

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That filter would only include things named !Dateiliste.txt, which seems to be the opposite of your aim?

Please link your account.

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oh Yes, thats not my aim... but with a tilde "~" before Dateiliste.txt unfortunately does not work too ...
what can i do?

and... if i link my serial, is the number saved anywhere or just to proof the use of the Pro version?

Thank you

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It isn't saved anywhere new. The forum account name is just associated with the existing registration details.

5

Ok, now its linked

Now, it works but.... why?
the code:
PRINT FOLDER FILTER ~(*!Dateiliste.txt) QUIET FLATVIEW=grouped TO=".\!Dateiliste.txt" FORMAT=!default
the symbol * must be absolutely directly before the !Dateiliste.txt, otherwise it does not work.
But why? shouldn't it theoretically work without asterisks?

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It's because ~(xyz) on its own doesn't trigger the wildcard mode automatically. Currently it only triggers for strings containing * and ? (since those are not valid filename characters, they must be part of a wildcard).

We'll expand that to include | as well, but making it use ~ or ( or ) now could cause problems with existing commands, since those are also valid filename characters.

So we'll also make it so you can explicitly ask for a wildcard using wild:~(xyz).

In 12.25.1 beta (note: not 12.25), we'll aim to make this work:

PRINT FOLDER FILTER="wild:~(!Dateiliste.txt)" QUIET FLATVIEW=grouped TO=".\!Dateiliste.txt" FORMAT=!default

(Of course, the solution you've already found should be fine as long as you don't have files that end in !Dateiliste.txt with something else before it.)

Many thanks!

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Oh supper.
It works like a charm.
many thanks for your fast and professional support!
I Love Directory Opus - I hope it will accompany me for many more years.

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