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Ref #624: Filter files by shell or regular expression pattern
https://github.com/BestImageViewer/geeqie/issues/624
The File name (when "contains" is selected) and Comment items on the
Search page use Perl Compatible Regular Expressions.
Basic searches should be no different to current usage.
author | Colin Clark <colin.clark@cclark.uk> |
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date | Mon, 13 Aug 2018 14:30:01 +0100 |
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children | 3fc1b4b21177 |
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<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?> <section id="GuideReferencePCRE"> <title id="titleGuideReferencePCRE">Perl Compatible Regular Expressions</title> <para> The Filename and Comment sections on the search window use <ulink url="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Perl_Compatible_Regular_Expressions">Perl Compatible Regular Expressions</ulink> . In general use there are a number of differences to the wildcard expansion used on the command line: <itemizedlist> <listitem>Use "." and not "?" for a single character.</listitem> <listitem>Use "abc.*ghk" and not "abc*ghk" for multiple characters</listitem> <listitem>Use "\." to represent the dot in a file extension</listitem> </itemizedlist> </para> </section>