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Find Files Manual page 133
Alt + F7
This command searches the current disk for files. Type in
the name you want to search for (you can use DOS wildcard
characters, described below) and press Enter. As Find Files
searches the entire disk, you can use the cursor keys to
scroll through the list.
There are several buttons at the bottom of Find Files'
screen:
Button Purpose
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Chdir Change to the directory of the file under
the cursor and move the cursor to that file.
This is a very quick way to move to a file.
New search Start a new search.
Stop Stop the current search.
Quit FF Quit Find Files and go back to the
Commander.
DOS Wildcard Characters
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DOS file names have two parts: the name (which can be up to 8
characters) and the extension (which can be up to 3
characters) with a period in between. For example,
"filename.ext".
* Match any characters for the rest of the name or
extension. "a*" will match "a", "ab", and "abc", as
well as many others. '*' applies just to one part of
the file name, so "a*" will not match "ab.c". Use
"a*.*" to find all files that start with 'a' and have
any extension. (Note: "*a" will match any name, and
not just names with an `a' at the end as you might
expect.)
? Match one character. So "a?" will match "a", "ab",
"ac", etc. "????" will match any name with up to four
characters.
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