Meaning of "*" in Windows 7 Explorer Search?
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Published on 2012-05-16T11:16:00Z
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I have a folder containing files like
radiobutton-clicked.png
radiobutton-foobar.png
radiobutton-foobarbaz.png
... etc.
This is what happens when I search in Windows Explorer:
radio
: all files foundradio*
: all files found*button
: all files found*radiobutton*
: all files foundradiobutton*
: no resultsradiobutton
: no resultsradio*button
: all files found
So what the hell does the *
precisely do? Is there some documentation on this?
And why does radio
and radio*button
work as a search term, but radiobutton
not?
Edit:
I know that *
is usually supposed to be a wildcard matching 0 or more characters. But obviously it doesn't in this case.
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