How do you find only names with one dot?

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How do you find only names with one dot?
E.g. file name:

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.

[void]

regex:^[^\.]*\.[^\.]*$

Alternatively, without regex:
*.* !*.*.*

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regex:^[^\.]*\.[^\.]*$

Alternatively, without regex:
*.* !*.*.*

NOT WORK:
^[^\.]*\.[^\.]*$

NOT WORK:
*.* !*.*.*

NOT WORK
^\.$

NOT WORK:
\\.[^\\.]*$

Mini-example PATH:
C:\Users\M\Documents\..csv

NOT FOUND => NOT WORK

[void]

Please try:
^[^\.]*\.[^\.]*\.[^\.]*$

This will match one dot (.) in the name part and one dot (.) for the extension.

Alternately, please try:
*.*.* !*.*.*.*

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Please try:
^[^\.]*\.[^\.]*\.[^\.]*$

This will match one dot (.) in the name part and one dot (.) for the extension.

Alternately, please try:
*.*.* !*.*.*.*

I tested regular expressions, first and second:
It does not show one dot, only other names, so bad.
I still do not know the correct regular expression.

[void]

Do you have regex enabled under the Search menu?

Please try disabling Regex under the search menu and searching for:
regex:^[^\.]*\.[^\.]*\.[^\.]*$

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Do you have regex enabled under the Search menu?

Please try disabling Regex under the search menu and searching for:
regex:^[^\.]*\.[^\.]*\.[^\.]*$

Regex wrong.
I have turned off the regex, it still does not find the name as one dot.
Example ..ext
See screenshot:

[void]

To search for filenames with only one dot (and nothing else), please try:
regex:^\.$

Alternatively, without regex:
exact:.

This shouldn't match anything as the filename . is not valid on Windows.
It is reserved for "Current directory".

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^\.$
I have tested it already - it does not work. All regex always not work.

example path:

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C:\Users\OJ\Documents\..csv

[void]

Sorry for the misunderstanding, please try:
regex:^\.\.[^\.]*$

[Debugger]

Sorry for the misunderstanding, please try:
regex:^\.\.[^\.]*$

Still not work / wrong search
See screenshot:

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[^\\/]*\.[^\.]*$

regex works only in the Text Editor, it does not work in the EVERYTHING tool and MASTER SEEKER. I need a correct regex, working with both applications.

[ovg]

^[^.]*\.[^.]*$

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^[^.]*\.[^.]*$

Your regex is completely incorrect. Why? Because it finds most of the file names, and I want to find only the name dot

Filename:
.

[ovg]

^\.$

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^\.$
WRONG REGEX
posting.php?mode=quote&f=7&p=24054

[vanisk]

regex:^\.\.\S\S?\S?\S?$

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@vanisk Thank You. Your regex 100% work!

[vanisk]

Yw. But credit goes to @void as well (as i got the idea from void's answer and tweaked it).

Technically, regex:^\.\.[^\.]*$ is correct.
one dot for filename, one dot for file-and-extension-separation and the rest for extension.

I tweaked it for a max of 4 character (with atleast 1 char) in extension part.

[Debugger]

Yw. But credit goes to @void as well (as i got the idea from void's answer and tweaked it).

Technically, regex:^\.\.[^\.]*$ is correct.
one dot for filename, one dot for file-and-extension-separation and the rest for extension.

I tweaked it for a max of 4 character (with atleast 1 char) in extension part.

Regex searches for the expected name in the form of a dot,
but also looks up the folder name, which is unexpected in this case.

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^\.\.[^\.]*$
Find:
..%5CDoc%5CBahamas%5CPostage
Extension Type: File folder

Regex vanisk fully solves this problem because it is looking for typical extensions.

[therube]

exact:

Where did that come from?

[void]

exact: doesn't appear to be documented anywhere. Anyhow, exact: is the same as wfn: or whole-file-name: or wholefilename:
I'll add exact: to the Everything search syntax help.