Explicit When Applying "ESC"

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FSisGR8T

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I am trying to find files/folders that have ESC (only). When I key in my query string, =ESC, no results are returned. If I apply "ESC" or just plain ESC, I get all the wrong results, such as . . . description, presciption, etc. Do I need to do something else in order to get ESC applied explicitly?

Thank you for your help! :-)

Jan 23, 2018 • #1

If ESC will always have a space before or after, you can do your query like this (note the space before and after inside the quotes):

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" ESC "

If ESC might be at the end or start of a line, you can switch the Query type to RegEx, and use this:

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\bESC

Hope that helps!

Jan 23, 2018 • #2

FSisGR8T

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Quote:

If ESC will always have a space before or after, you can do your query like this (note the space before and after inside the quotes):

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" ESC "

If ESC might be at the end or start of a line, you can switch the Query type to RegEx, and use this:

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\bESC

Hope that helps!

Hi, Keith!

Thank you so much for you assistance and so far and I'm not sure why, the space trick isn't working. I may be wrong, but that really should work and I'm wondering if I'm seeing a bug. However, the regex option did work, but unfortunately, ESC will mostly be w/in sentences. Did the space trick work for you?

Thank you for your time and help . . . it is very appreciated! :-)

Jan 23, 2018 • #3

The space trick did work for me. Did you try it while the Query mode was set to Text Query or RegEx? It will only work for Text Query.

Jan 23, 2018 • #4

FSisGR8T

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Yes, I confirmed the text query was applied. I will continue to work with that string, as I agree, it definitely should work. Maybe I will give the ol' computer a reboot and see if that will set it straight!

Thank you, again, for your assistance! It helped A LOT!! :-)

Jan 23, 2018 • #5

No worries, glad I could help!

Jan 24, 2018 • #6