Distinguish Path and File in the filter

[wenlzhang]

In the latest version of Tasks, it seems that the filter path works both for path/folder/directory and file/file name. Is it possible to distinguish them as Obsidian does? Specifically, the filter path denote a folder/directory while file denotes a file name.

[schemar]

That’s currently not possible. That would be a new feature.

[artyhedgehog]

I thing I could make it work with an ending slash like follow:

```tasks
path does not include Archive/
```

• tasks from notes under my "Archive" folder do not show up
• tasks from notes with "archive" or "Archive" in their name do show up

[claremacrae]

Nice bit of lateral thinking!

I suspect it would not find files like ../Archive/archive.md - as the folder restriction would prevent them being matched.

I've been thinking that in addition to path, it would be nice to filter on:

1. folder
2. filename or file or similar...

[claremacrae]

This would be very easy to implement now.

https://obsidian-tasks-group.github.io/obsidian-tasks/quick-reference/
We have group by folder and group by filename so the same vocabulary should be used for the filter instructions.

[promethean]

It's definitely very frustrating to not be able to filter on filename... I've been searching the docs for a few days now for this... please do add !

[schemar]

As a workaround, try adding the file extension. Generally, more constructive communication would be appreciated.

[claremacrae]

ooh - adding the .md to the search is a great idea.

[claremacrae]

The new instruction filename has just been released in 1.13.0

Docs: https://obsidian-tasks-group.github.io/obsidian-tasks/queries/filters/#file-name