The “name extension” does not include the period, so omit that.

You also have turned in “Search compressed files” (behind the Options button), 
which enables searching in Zip archives.

R.

> On Oct 2, 2024, at 11:40 PM, Brian Forte <[email protected]> wrote:
> 
> Gentlefolk,
> 
> I feel like I’m missing something obvious here.
> 
> 1. Select *Search → Multi-File Search…* (or press ⌘⇧F)
> 
> 2. Find: [search term here]
> 
> 3. Search in: My Files & Folders > git-repos — ~/path/to/folder
> 
> 4. File filter: asciidoc files
> 
>    * Filter name: asciidoc files
>    * Matching: 🔘 Any term may match (“OR’) ⭕️ All terms must match (“
> AND’)
>    * [Name extension] [is] .adoc
> 
> Start the search.
> 
> In a very few seconds, the ‘Searching’ value in the Search results
> window presents “file-name.zip” as the file currently being searched.
> 
> A file with a name extension of `.zip` file does not match the
> filter’s single requirement.
> 
> ## Notes
> 
> 1. Changing the file filter’s *Matching* value to AND does not change
>   the filter’s behaviour.
> 
> 2. Changing the Name extension string to be matched to ‘adoc’ (ie,
>   removing the pre-pending full-stop) does not change the filter’s
>   behaviour.
> 
> I know .zip files are archives containing other files, and said other
> files could, theoretically, be AsciiDoc files.
> 
> But, in both the every-day sense, and in the
> what-commands-I-use-when-I’m-in-the-shell sense, a .zip file is *not*
> a folder.
> 
> To my mind, setting the condition as file-extenstion = .adoc should
> mean only files with that filename extension will be searched.
> 
> Hence my initial statement: I feel like I’m missing something obvious
> here.
> 
> Thanks in advance. Especially thanks if it is obvious (even if only in
> retrospect).
> 
> Regards,
> 
> — bforte.
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