Searching for text in a filename

[david mantripp]

This is driving me nuts... I've tried reading the manual, searching the forum, various tricks, but to no avail:

I have a series of files which have (1) in the filename. So, like "sometextstring(1).DNG". They are duplicates. I want to find them all to delete them. So I select States/Duplicate, Type DNG, and then ... I try various search strings, like (1), or "(1)" or (1).DNG etc etc. Nothing works.

I appreciate that Search is very clever, with search domains etc, but ... how do I search on a file name???

[Hert]

Try something like this to search the entire catalog for (1)

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"*(1)*"

Or use a search domain to only search in file name:

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"*(1)*"@CATITEM.FileName

This means:
Wrapped in double quotes = exact search
* character is a joker, in this case one before (1) and one after (1) meaning, anything could be in front or after (1)
@ optional to use a search domain (you don't need one I expect)
CATITEM.FileName is to search in file name only

[david mantripp]

Thank you very much Hert!

I actually tried *, and indeed ", but tragically, it never occurred to me to try both together