Find fails to find double space in filename

[DavidHoffmanuk]

I've a lot of files that have a double space in the filename eg '070112-126  BNP Oppose Anti Racist Protest At English National Ballet'. They are duplicates of files with a single space in their otherwise identical name & I'd like to delete them. I thought that a search for 'filename "  BNP"' would find them but that also finds the ones with a single space. Is there a way to separate these different sets?

David Hoffman

[Kirk Baker]

David,

I've a lot of files that have a double space in the filename eg '070112-126  BNP Oppose Anti Racist Protest At English National Ballet'. They are duplicates of files with a single space in their otherwise identical name & I'd like to delete them. I thought that a search for 'filename "  BNP"' would find them but that also finds the ones with a single space. Is there a way to separate these different sets?

In general, the catalog system ignores white space (it tokenizes words).  So now that you have your results, you should be able to use the Find panel to search for your matching items.  Grep is available for particularly complex situations.

HTH,

-Kirk

[DavidHoffmanuk]

I've a lot of files that have a double space in the filename eg '070112-126  BNP Oppose Anti Racist Protest At English National Ballet'. They are duplicates of files with a single space in their otherwise identical name & I'd like to delete them. I thought that a search for 'filename "  BNP"' would find them but that also finds the ones with a single space. Is there a way to separate these different sets?

In general, the catalog system ignores white space (it tokenizes words).  So now that you have your results, you should be able to use the Find panel to search for your matching items.  Grep is available for particularly complex situations.

I've not really appreciated the difference between search & find or how useful grep is. Thanks Kirk, all sorted now.

David