(Archived) how to find a note with only 3 lines of text?

[evermullah 8]

hi,

i need to find a note, which i mostly forgot about anything inside that note.

the only thing, i remember is that the note is note very long. it only contains 2 or 3 lines of text (which i don't remember in any constellation...).

it *is* possible to sort for note size, but can this kind of sorting anyhow be improved for my situation?

is it possible to say, i.e., search only notes, which contain only (3 lines of) text? (i guess not)

or is there any other way to get a result, which would help me sorting out too many false positives, while sorting by size?

[BurgersNFries 2,407]

is it possible to say, i.e., search only notes, which contain only (3 lines of) text? (i guess not)

Not that I know of & probably not too many people would use that feature. I mean, it is a bit unusual to not remember anything about a note except for how many lines it is. Especially a note that you later know you need to find!

The only suggestion I can offer is if you remember approximately when the note was created. You could create a new, temporary tag for this purpose, such as "temp tag." Search all notes that were created during the time frame you would have created this note. Apply the "temp tag" to all of them. Then, with only those notes tagged with "temp tag", sort by size. That may help you narrow the results down.

Good luck.

[evermullah 8]

Not that I know of & probably not too many people would use that feature. I mean, it is a bit unusual to not remember anything about a note except for how many lines it is. Especially a note that you later know you need to find!

yes, of course, but it happens sometimes. :-)

meanwhile, i found that note. lucky me.

but i was curious about some new ways to find data outside of my head with a tool that claims to make your life easier ;-)