Search With a Regular Expression (Containing a Substring in a Variable)

[martin]

@freewind1974

^.*myfile.txt.*$

You need to enclose the search expression with ` in the post or use the escape backslash \, otherwise, the two * are taken to be a Markdown italic code. I thought you missed the * until I quote it.

I am able to get the result correctly:

Maybe you have something else in the string, such as a linebreak?

@ccstone's advice is very good:

@ccstone

Whitespace often slips unannounced into copied text – hence the trim action.

Ensure the Path String in the Clipboard Starts with “/”

Hey Brian, Things are often that way with Keyboard Maestro, but the opposite is also pretty common. Kudos – you did a good job of describing your task and making it easy for people to help you. Here's how I'd probably approach this job: RegEx – Ensure a Path String starts with “-” ⇢ Negative Lookahead & Positive Lookahead v1.00.kmmacros (6.5 KB) [Keyboard Maestro Export] Whitespace often slips unannounced into copied text – hence the trim action. A regex with a negative-lookahead-asserti…