Spotlight-like searches

[thiagoaraujos]

I still haven't figured out how to do Spotlight-like searches, for example:

 

filename:.caf (only files with caf extension)

 

I know how to do this, but only with filters, etc. How to do it directly in the Alfred prompt?

[ctwise]

I still haven't figured out how to do Spotlight-like searches, for example:

 

filename:.caf (only files with caf extension)

 

I know how to do this, but only with filters, etc. How to do it directly in the Alfred prompt?

 

That particular example is 'find .caf'. 'find' searches filenames, 'in' searches file contents. I don't believe there's any way to do complex Spotlight queries without writing a workflow.

[thiagoaraujos]

Yeah, I tried that same query before, but it didn't work for .httpclient extension, falling back to a Google search instead. So I thought the query was incorrect. Maybe a bug?

 

In Spotlight, filename:.httpclient query works.

[scottisloud]

It's possible that that file type falls under a category you have excluded in Alfred.   

  

Go to Alfred Preferences>Features>File Search and about 3/4 of the way down you'll see "Don't Show:" 

 

I suspect if you have source files of plist files selected as "Don't Show", that particular file may not show up.  

 

Another place to look is Features>Default Results  and check your search scope. It is possible that while Spotlight has indexed the directory, that it has not been included in Alfred's search scope. 

Edited March 28, 2013 by scottisloud