Bug 78598 - Allow use of Regular Expressions for file name when performing File Search
Summary: Allow use of Regular Expressions for file name when performing File Search
Status: ASSIGNED
Alias: None
Product: Platform
Classification: Eclipse Project
Component: Search (show other bugs)
Version: 3.0.1   Edit
Hardware: All All
: P5 enhancement with 1 vote (vote)
Target Milestone: ---   Edit
Assignee: Platform-Search-Inbox CLA
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Reported: 2004-11-15 05:16 EST by Morten Hattesen CLA
Modified: 2019-09-06 16:15 EDT (History)
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Description Morten Hattesen CLA 2004-11-15 05:16:08 EST 
When performing a Search/File... file search, it would be really useful to be 
able to use regular expressions for file name matching, to allow richer pattern 
matching than currently allowed (using * and ? wildcards).

It should be considered whether the pattern should match the filename.type 
only, or an option should be made to match using the entire path/name.type 
string, allowing files to be matched by combinations of path and filename/type.
Comment 1 Reto Bachmann-Gmuer CLA 2006-02-07 08:29:04 EST 
I often have files in directories created by and scripts which I'd like to exclude from searches. So it would be nice to have a way to say "ignore all file in a 'build' directory
Comment 2 Eclipse Webmaster CLA 2019-09-06 16:15:45 EDT 
This bug hasn't had any activity in quite some time. Maybe the problem got resolved, was a duplicate of something else, or became less pressing for some reason - or maybe it's still relevant but just hasn't been looked at yet.

If you have further information on the current state of the bug, please add it. The information can be, for example, that the problem still occurs, that you still want the feature, that more information is needed, or that the bug is (for whatever reason) no longer relevant.