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Herman T.1
Explorer | Level 3
5 years ago

How to search a file/folder with the name containing a hyphen ("-")?

I found that Dropbox treats hyphens as spaces when searching for a file/folder. So if I have a file named "a-b-c", it cannot be easily found because Dropbox treats the query as "a b c", which reveals results containing "a" or "b" or "c".

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    rhut
    Collaborator | Level 8
    3 years ago

    That should not be happening, let me talk to the team and get back to you with an answer!

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