Smart search Alias with Locate32

[Enzomaticus]

Can someone please tell me if it is possible to configure an alias that uses the locate32 plugin to search for all files of a certain type? Ideally I would like an alias called "Playlist" that would list all the .xspf files on my drive.
Is this doable or am I just making work for myself?

Cheers

[d4ni]

While I cannot help you as I don't know Locate32's parameters, I'm pretty sure it is possible, if you can search for files with a certain extension using Locate32. Would be something of the form dosearch loc32 *.xspf (not sure how you can call the plugin, and how you can search for files with a certain extension, sorry )

[Enzomaticus]

That's exactly what I was thinking - I just don't know how to implement the idea.

[lanux128]

like d4ni mentioned. if you already have the locate plugin, create a new alias with the following details.

Group Alias Name: Playlist
RegEx Pattern: ^playlist (.*)
Result(s): dosearch loc -txspf $$1

then type 'Playlist' in Farr and all the files with that extension would appear.

note: i did something like that before but now with the availability of locate plugin, the above method is better.

[d4ni]

Not sure if you need the "(.*)" part in the RegEx, and the "$$1" in the Results. If I understood correctly he simply wants to list all the .xspf files, not have any restrictions on the name. So perhaps some wildcard in the Locate32 paramters to list all .xspf files is required instead of the $$1. Just '*' I assume.

[Enzomaticus]

Brilliant - thank you so much. A combination of both your posts got it working and has just simplified my video learning library 100 fold.

Cheers

[d4ni]

Glad I could help