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New Feature: Find Files #222

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@shundhammer

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"Find..." is a new feature to search the in-memory directory tree for files and directories by name. The search results are listed in a separate non-modal window that you can use to jump in the main window from one result to the next, opening that branch and scrolling to it.

Just like the results of the "Discover..." actions, you can keep the results window open and still work in the main window. You can start cleanup actions in the main window, or even in the results window directly.

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QDirStat-find-files-01

QDirStat-find-files-results

QDirStat-find-files-dialog

Search modes include:

  • Contains
  • Starts with
  • Ends with
  • Exact match
  • Wildcard (like in the shell)
  • Regular expression
  • Auto

"Auto" will guess what you probably mean; if ^ or $ or .* is found, it will guess regexp, for a lone * or *.* it will guess wildcard. If the search pattern starts with = (e.g. =foobar), exact match is enforced.

Notice that this always uses the name (with extension, if there is any), not the complete path.

The search results are limited to 1000.

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