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damienbutt
Helpful | Level 5
2 years ago

Search for files on Dropbox Web using Regex

Hi all,

 

I have a very large Dropbox. Too large to have fully synced with any of my devices. If I need to search for something that I know I have in my Dropbox but is not synced to the local machine, I rely on using Dropbox Web to search for it.

 

For the most part, this has been OK, but I now need to be a bit more specific in my search to gather multiple files. I need to search for file names that match a particular Regex pattern. Is this supported? I'm shocked if not. This would seem like basic functionality for searching large data sets.

 

Am I missing something? Is there a particular syntax I need to use to search on Dropbox Web with Regex?

 

Thanks,

D

1 Reply

  • Jay's avatar
    Jay
    Icon for Dropbox Community Moderator rankDropbox Community Moderator
    2 years ago

    Hi damienbutt, thanks for bringing this to our attention.

     

    Currently, the site doesn't support regex to locate files on your account. 

     

    Only these options are available for searching.

     

    If you have any further queries, feel free to message back.

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