Search for Files or Folders

File Station's Search provides you with options to search and display desired files or folders. You can find files or folders in the current folder, or perform advanced search that covers all subfolders for more refined search results.

To search file contents, you have to index desired folders (at Universal Search > Preferences > File Indexing > Indexed Folder List).

Regular Search

Regular search delivers in-depth search from the current folder down to all its subfolders and files inside.

Open File Station and go to the folder that contains the desired files/folders.
Enter a keyword in the Search field at the top-right corner to show the search results.
To list the most recent 10 searches, click the Search field. To erase all search history, click Clear History.

Note:

Regular search is not available to remote connection folders or mounted remote folders. Only the Filter function is available to filter files and subfolders within such folders.
After indexing folders, you can immediately perform regular search into file contents without enabling any other option.

Advanced Search

Advanced search offers various search criteria and operators to help refine the search results.

Open File Station and go to the folder that contains the desired contents.
Click the magnifying glass next to the Search field at the top-right corner to reveal the advanced search menu.
Specify the search criteria below or choose from drop-down menus:
- Keyword: Enter a keyword to search for files or folders with matching names. To list the most recent five searches, click the Search field.
- Enable file content search: Search for indexed files with the file content or metadata that match the keywords.
- Location: Select from the drop-down menu to set the range and depth of advanced search. You can also customize the search scope by selecting any other shared folders listed.
- File Type: Choose Extension to limit the search range to specific types of files, or choose Any Folder to search for folders only.
- Date: Choose Modified Date, Created Date or Last Accessed, and then choose a date from the calendar to search for files with matching dates.
- Size (MB): Choose from equals, is greater than, and is less than, and then enter a size to search for files with matching sizes. (When choosing equals, search results will include files of approximately the same size specified.)
- Owner/Group: Choose Owner or Group, and then choose from the drop-down menu to search for files or folders belonging to the selected owner or group.
  Note:
  - To perform advanced search, you need to specify Location and at least one other search criterion.
  - If an ISO folder or a remote folder is mounted in an indexed shared folder, you cannot find the files inside via advanced search.
  - File content search is not supported on EDS14.
Click Search to start the search, or click Reset and specify the search criteria again. When the search is complete, matching files will be listed in the main area of File Station.

Operators for Keyword Search

When doing regular and advanced search, you can use the following operators with keywords to get refined search results.

Operator	Example	Usage
[X] and [Y]: Variables that may represent numbers, alphabetical letters, word segments, words, or phrases.
*	[X]*	List matches that contain [X], and [X] is followed by zero to more random characters (represented as "") When placed before a keyword (e.g. "[X]"), this operator will not function
?	?[X] [X]?	List matches that contain [X], and [X] is preceded or followed by one random character (represented as "?")
	[X] [Y]	For indexed folders: List matches that contain [X] and [Y] in filename or folder name, and list files that contain [X] or [Y] in file contents For non-indexed folders: List matches that contain [X] and [Y] in filename or folder name
""	"[X][Y]"	List matches that contain exact, case-insensitive [X][Y] Applicable to folders indexed at Universal Search > Preferences > File Indexing
&&	[X] && [Y]	List matches that contain both [X] and [Y] Applicable to folders indexed at Universal Search > Preferences > File Indexing
\|\|	[X] \|\| [Y]	List matches that contain [X], [Y], or both Matches that contain both [X] and [Y] will be listed on the top Applicable to folders indexed at Universal Search > Preferences > File Indexing
+	+[X]	List matches that contain [X] Applicable to folders indexed at Universal Search > Preferences > File Indexing
-	-[X]	List matches that do not contain [X] Applicable to folders indexed at Universal Search > Preferences > File Indexing
!	![X]	List matches that do not contain [X] Applicable to folders indexed at Universal Search > Preferences > File Indexing
\	\[SpecialCharacter]	Special characters: + - && \|\| ! ( ) { } [ ] ^ " ~ * ? : \ List matches that contain a targeted special character above

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