FFS folders with similar name

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Cadthac

Hello Everybody
I need help!
I would like to FFS many folders with similar names. Folders name in location 1 doesn't match 100% folders name in location 2, only first part of the folder name match 100% so I would try to use this with wildcards.

Example
Location 1 Location 2
Folder name Folder name
AB123E - abcd ---FFS---> AB123E - ab d c
AB1234E-1234 ---FFS---> AB1234E - 1243
(please note charatcters order and spaces)

Is there the possibility to FFS by wildcards?
AB????E* ---FFS---> AB????E*

Thank you
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Plerry

FFS allows the use of wildcards in its Include and Exclude Filter rule definitions.
That makes sense, because you may want to Include or Exclude multiple files or folders.

FFS does not allow the use of wildcards in its left-right base folder definition.
Such definitions obviously need to be unambivalent.
If there would be multiple matches, how is FFS to know which folder to use as the left or right base location.
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xCSxXenon

I don't see an issue with this? I sync folders that have completely different names all the time. The folder itself is irrelevant, it's the content inside that matters
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Cadthac

FFS allows the use of wildcards in its Include and Exclude Filter rule definitions.
That makes sense, because you may want to Include or Exclude multiple files or folders.

FFS does not allow the use of wildcards in its left-right base folder definition.
Such definitions obviously need to be unambivalent.
If there would be multiple matches, how is FFS to know which folder to use as the left or right base location. Plerry, 16 Jan 2025, 14:45
understood thank you.
request was for something I missed / didn't found in the forum do to that job.
thank you for reply
I don't see an issue with this? I sync folders that have completely different names all the time. The folder itself is irrelevant, it's the content inside that matters xCSxXenon, 16 Jan 2025, 15:25
yes, no issue but I have to pair left-right more than 3000 folder manually
thank you for reply