https://www.fileseek.ca/Discussions/RSS/?TopicID=5f9c734c-ea14-4e13-9826-e2758039b30d FileSeek RSS: Option for Wildcard Search Without Asterisk Thu, 30 Apr 2026 17:32:31 GMT en hourly 1 https://www.fileseek.ca/Discussions/RSS/?TopicID=5f9c734c-ea14-4e13-9826-e2758039b30d https://www.fileseek.ca/Discussions/View/option-for-wildcard-search-without-asterisk/?ID=5f9c734c-ea14-4e13-9826-e2758039b30d#6 Mon, 28 Jun 2010 16:45:51 GMT Binary Fortress Software https://www.fileseek.ca/Discussions/View/option-for-wildcard-search-without-asterisk/?ID=5f9c734c-ea14-4e13-9826-e2758039b30d#6 FileSeek I've added an option for this into the upcoming 1.9.8 release - look for it later this week. Thanks! ]]> https://www.fileseek.ca/Discussions/View/option-for-wildcard-search-without-asterisk/?ID=5f9c734c-ea14-4e13-9826-e2758039b30d#5 Mon, 28 Jun 2010 07:07:53 GMT Binary Fortress Software https://www.fileseek.ca/Discussions/View/option-for-wildcard-search-without-asterisk/?ID=5f9c734c-ea14-4e13-9826-e2758039b30d#5 FileSeek That's why I think it should be an option. Take a look at Ultra File Search. It has a simple quick way to change the setting. ]]> https://www.fileseek.ca/Discussions/View/option-for-wildcard-search-without-asterisk/?ID=5f9c734c-ea14-4e13-9826-e2758039b30d#4 Mon, 28 Jun 2010 03:37:46 GMT Binary Fortress Software https://www.fileseek.ca/Discussions/View/option-for-wildcard-search-without-asterisk/?ID=5f9c734c-ea14-4e13-9826-e2758039b30d#4 FileSeek My only concern with this, is sometimes people (myself included) want to search for a specific file, perhaps called "foo". I think in this case it is good to be explicit with what you are looking for. ]]> https://www.fileseek.ca/Discussions/View/option-for-wildcard-search-without-asterisk/?ID=5f9c734c-ea14-4e13-9826-e2758039b30d#3 Sat, 26 Jun 2010 08:00:09 GMT Binary Fortress Software https://www.fileseek.ca/Discussions/View/option-for-wildcard-search-without-asterisk/?ID=5f9c734c-ea14-4e13-9826-e2758039b30d#3 FileSeek That's how Windows Explorer works and after many years have gotten used to it. Other search applications either behave like this or has an option to behave like this. Also it's less typing and when I forget the asterisk I may not realize until after the search has been running for a long time. ]]> https://www.fileseek.ca/Discussions/View/option-for-wildcard-search-without-asterisk/?ID=5f9c734c-ea14-4e13-9826-e2758039b30d#2 Sat, 26 Jun 2010 04:11:52 GMT Binary Fortress Software https://www.fileseek.ca/Discussions/View/option-for-wildcard-search-without-asterisk/?ID=5f9c734c-ea14-4e13-9826-e2758039b30d#2 FileSeek Sorry, no. You will need to enter *foo* to find those examples. Is there a reason you don't want to use the asterisks? ]]> https://www.fileseek.ca/Discussions/View/option-for-wildcard-search-without-asterisk/?ID=5f9c734c-ea14-4e13-9826-e2758039b30d Fri, 25 Jun 2010 22:40:34 GMT Binary Fortress Software https://www.fileseek.ca/Discussions/View/option-for-wildcard-search-without-asterisk/?ID=5f9c734c-ea14-4e13-9826-e2758039b30d FileSeek Is there an option to perform a filename wildcard search without entering asterisks? I want to enter foo and find foobar.txt, myfoo.txt, and myfoobar.txt. ]]>