frasergraham Posted March 19, 2013 Share Posted March 19, 2013 Is there a way to have File Filter search inside files? I am working on a notes search workflow for TaskPaper and FoldingText and i'd like to search inside certain file types in a particular folder. Is that possible? Link to comment
jdfwarrior Posted March 19, 2013 Share Posted March 19, 2013 Is there a way to have File Filter search inside files? I am working on a notes search workflow for TaskPaper and FoldingText and i'd like to search inside certain file types in a particular folder. Is that possible? Is it indeed possible. Add your file filter and then go to the Advanced tab inside of it, and click the + to add a field. Add kMDItemTextContent. That should get you going! Let me know if there's anything else I can help with. Wildcard and McLawrence 2 Link to comment
frasergraham Posted March 19, 2013 Author Share Posted March 19, 2013 Thanks, that worked, but i'm not sure if it's 100%. I have files I know to contain an search term that are not being picked up. Is the search case sensitive? Are there any known quirks with the text content search? I am looking in folders that are indexed and other queries do seem to match the contents. The files are TaskPaper and FoldingText files so they have a .tp and .ft extension and different file type but they are still just plain text inside. Link to comment
jdfwarrior Posted March 19, 2013 Share Posted March 19, 2013 Did you check over some of the Advanced options in the File Filter? Not sure what exactly it is your looking for but unpicking the Anchor setting or enabling Split on TextContent may help solve your issues? Link to comment
Wildcard Posted October 9, 2016 Share Posted October 9, 2016 This worked perfectly for me, thank you. Link to comment
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