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string exact match Sat Oct 15, 2011 12:21 pm • by martin59
how to search for content e.g. "account 1234" als exactly match, looking for both strings side by side? I do not want files only containing both words
putting it in as "account 1234" does not work
thanks!
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Re: string exact match Mon Oct 17, 2011 1:45 pm • by Mr_Noodle
Hazel uses the Spotlight index to do the content search. Unfortunately, I believe Spotlight only indexes words individually so a search for a phrase like that won't work.

To do what you want, I'd have to either have Hazel scan the text itself (very costly) or come up with my own indexing scheme (basically implement my own Spotlight) so I don't see it as a feature that will be happening any time soon.
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