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Mahes
Mahes

Reputation: 4135

File search application for mac os x with wildcard support

Is there any program available for searching files in Mac OS X with wildcard(GLOB) support? I am looking something similar to SearchEverything in Windows??

quicksilver/spotlight/google quick searchbox/alfred app doesn't solve my problem :(

thanks

Upvotes: 1

Views: 6727

Answers (4)

jerdiggity
jerdiggity

Reputation: 3675

When you open the finder, instead of searching in the little box, hit Command+F. This will bring up more options to choose from:

Searching for files whose type is gz, and whose name contains both 19 and 223

There are also more options that are hidden by default. Under the "name/kind" list is the option for "other". This will present you with even more stuff to choose from:

Additional options

Almost kind of overwhelming at how many hidden options there are, and I believe it changes depending on which programs you have installed. BUT, better than the (GUI) alternative I suppose...

Hop that helps...

Upvotes: 3

studgeek
studgeek

Reputation: 14920

You can use mdfind for files that have been indexed by Spotlight. To do wildcards you need use the following format:

mdfind "kMDItemDisplayName=='*back*'c"

You can use this approach as "Raw Queries" in the Finder GUI as well. Example pic below, and see my answer at https://superuser.com/a/491119/66255 for more info.

Raw Query Example

Upvotes: 5

Ned Deily
Ned Deily

Reputation: 85105

Besides find, depending on what you are trying to do you might find the OS X mdfind command useful. It's a command line interface to the metadata-store used by Spotlight.

Upvotes: 1

Brandon Frohbieter
Brandon Frohbieter

Reputation: 18139

use the unix find command!

http://www.athabascau.ca/html/depts/compserv/webunit/HOWTO/find.htm

Upvotes: 1

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