Containing Text: LINES:0-20 * results in no hits

Question

I guess i don't understand this spec: it results in 0 documents

I tried many combinations of LINES:0-20 * e.g., >> LINES:0-20 the

I am just testing FileLocator lite to see if it will work in my application - is that the reason it doesn't work?

• the default (no Options set) Boolean is in place

i'm afraid i don't understand how your engine processes the syntax "LINES: 0-20"
what other strings can it look for? is the colon ":" a special delimiter?

tia (btw - can't get image notes to work, so top screen shot with " to ". second searching for " * ")

![searching for to][1]

[1]: //qa.mythicsoft.com/?qa=blob&qa_blobid=12204241346575336815

Answer 1

The LINES operator is only valid with FileLocator Pro.

When used with FileLocator Pro your expression would find hits for every space separated word on the first 20 lines.