File Search: Advanced syntax

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• "Hello World" String within parentheses is treated as one
• + and - can be used to include/exclude the following word/sentence
• filter:value supplies a value to a given filter (e.g. type:image or type:directory)
  • filetype / type filters for file type (e.g. file, directory, image, video)
  • sort:something / order:something allows the search results to be sorted by something
    • Combining with - allows the sorting order to be inverted (+ is default)
  • sha256:, md5:, etc. for searching for files with a given hash
• a or b / a | b can be used to search for one of them (or both) instead of the default and behavior
• a and b can be used to explicitly match both at once (default behavior)
• * can be used as wildcard (e.g. invoice*.pdf would match invoice_2022.pdf)
• ( ... ) allows for grouping (e.g. (a or b) or (c and d))

All of these can be combined and used at once: *.pdf or type:directory -content:"Invoice 2022"