How do you search for a file name with parenthesis in it?

Was given a ton of files with duplicates, which I need to delete.


The duplicate files all end with "(1)" in the file name, for example: FilenameTest(1).pdf


I'd like to search for all the files with "(1)" in the file name, and then delete them, but spotlight will not search for parenthesis. This seems to be a documented issue (bug?). Is there a syntax or other workaround to force spotlight to return a search with parenthesis?


Thanks in advance.

iMac (27-inch, Late 2013), OS X El Capitan (10.11.1)

Posted on Jan 11, 2016 5:34 PM

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How do you search for a file name with parenthesis in it?

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