https://www.fileseek.ca/Discussions/RSS/?TopicID=63829012-27cc-4822-93ec-36d829263cb2 FileSeek RSS: Find files with file names defined as RegEx Thu, 07 May 2026 16:02:54 GMT en hourly 1 https://www.fileseek.ca/Discussions/RSS/?TopicID=63829012-27cc-4822-93ec-36d829263cb2 https://www.fileseek.ca/Discussions/View/find-files-with-file-names-defined-as-regex/?ID=63829012-27cc-4822-93ec-36d829263cb2#2 Mon, 18 Sep 2017 07:58:55 GMT Binary Fortress Software https://www.fileseek.ca/Discussions/View/find-files-with-file-names-defined-as-regex/?ID=63829012-27cc-4822-93ec-36d829263cb2#2 FileSeek Ok, it works if you check 'Show file names that match the "include files" filter' and leave Query box empty. But if you enter anything in the Query box, it searches for content inside of files. Need to be careful! ]]> https://www.fileseek.ca/Discussions/View/find-files-with-file-names-defined-as-regex/?ID=63829012-27cc-4822-93ec-36d829263cb2 Mon, 18 Sep 2017 04:48:19 GMT Binary Fortress Software https://www.fileseek.ca/Discussions/View/find-files-with-file-names-defined-as-regex/?ID=63829012-27cc-4822-93ec-36d829263cb2 FileSeek I want to find files in a large folder containing thousands which have file names defined as RegEx. For instance, to find all SQL files that have '_Create' in the name I define Include Files as '.*_Create\.sql' and set Include Files Filter is RegEx option. I leave Query empty.

FileSeek finds nothing.

However, if I include at least space in Query, it finds plenty of these _Create.sql files.

I do not want to search INSIDE of the files, because sometimes need to search for a binary like EXE, DLL etc with specific filename and content is irrelevant. I just want to find files with specific RegEx pattern in their file names.

How to find such files? What do I do wrong?

Test case: using FileSeek, find all files on C: drive with '.*pad\.exe' RegEx pattern in the file name. I expect to be able to find at least Notepad.exe and WordPad.exe

Thank you ]]>