Harold, Yes, the "?" (question mark) is a single character wildcard that goes back to the days of DOS. (3.2 if I remember). Another usefull one is the "*" (astrisk) which is a multiple character wildcard. Say you know that you have a file but can only remember part of the name (was it TO of FROM Long Island, or was it Jersey?) and that it is a .wpd (Wordperfect) file then you would search for "Direct*.wpd."
That would retern all files starting with "Direct..." that were .wpd files. Matt Harold B. wrote: > > Eureka, look what I found ... funny if you all know it and I'm the only > one enlightened. > > Here's an improved method to find files using the standard Start > Find> > Files or Folders... routine. Took me 5 years to find this trick: Let's > say you placed a file in your computer named "Directions from Long > Island" (happens that I have such a file). How would you use the �Find� > utility to find it? You can�t use the quotes as you might with a search > engine; and if you show the spaces you get all files in your system that > have any of those four words. What do you do with the spaces? > > Answer: Just stick a question mark wherever there's a space. Type it > like this: "directions?from?long?island" (no spaces and without the > quotes) and presto, you have your file. I wonder if I�m the only one > amazed by this; but then I�m still amazed how a can opener works. > > Technically amazed (or is it "technologically"), Harold B. in Brighton > Beach, Brooklyn, NY. ============= PCWorks Mailing List ================= Don't see your post? Check our posting guidelines & make sure you've followed proper posting procedures, http://pcworkers.com/rules.htm Contact list owner <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Unsubscribing and other changes: http://pcworkers.com =====================================================
