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Regex-based file/folder search with Spotlight (See related posts)

To get more Spotlight search options use the commands mdimport -A and mdls file.txt in Terminal.app.


mdfind -onlyin ~ "*==*" | grep -i -E 'part.*of.*name'

mdfind -onlyin ~ 'kMDItemContentType == "text"wc' | grep -i -E '.*\.txt$'
#mdfind -onlyin ~ '*==* && kMDItemContentType == "text"wc' | grep -i -E '.*\.txt$'

mdfind -onlyin ~ 'kMDItemKind == "Folder"' | grep -i -E '.*photos.*[0-5]'

to grep regex shell osx mac mdfind by jv on Mon Mar 06 20:07:38 +0000 2006

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