Windows 7 Search (Special Characters within text doc)

[JamesW]

Hey guys,

I'm trying to search the contents of some text files. The string I am searching for is SAP*. As you can probably guess when I type * I get everything that starts with the word SAP.

I tried using ~"SAP*", ~SAP"(*)" etc. but it continues to show me everything that starts with SAP. I can't use ~"*" because there are other entries that contain an *.

Any ideas?

Cheers, James

 

[Derek Brown]

I would expect it to be:
SAP~*
The "~" is the "Escape" character.

 

[JamesW]

Hi Derek,

Thanks for the reply. SAP~* doesn't find anything at all.

I have decided to go with a third party search tool (FileLocater).

If only SAP
[*] still worked!