How to select specific filenames nested within several folders?

How can I exclude nested folders from Mac OS X Finder search results?

• I'm wondering if it's possible to search for folders in a specific folder, without getting any nested folders in the search results. Also I'd only like to see folders in my results, so organizing by file type/kind won't do.

• Answer:

  I'm not sure how you can easily avoid searching nested folders so I'll leave that for someone else. However finding only folders is very straightforward. Just include 'kind:folder' in the search string. That is, if you want to find all folders that contain the string 'part' enter 'part kind:folder' into the search string. Note that the possibilities for kind, also include application, document, image, movie, music, presentation and text. If you really want to have complete control over search check out HoudahSpot. This application gives a GUI front end to the huge amount of Spotlight meta data that is not exposed in FInder search tools. http://www.houdah.com