# .plexignore bug/undoccumented syntax
**URL:** https://forums.plex.tv/t/plexignore-bug-undoccumented-syntax/722497
**Category:** Plex Media Server
**Tags:** server-linux
**Created:** [June 14, 2021, 12:54pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/plexignore-bug-undoccumented-syntax/722497 "2021-06-14T12:54:31Z")
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### Author:  [@meh123](https://forums.plex.tv/u/meh123)
#### Post date: [June 14, 2021, 12:54pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/plexignore-bug-undoccumented-syntax/722497/1 "2021-06-14T12:54:31Z")
Server Version#: latest stable
Player Version#: Version 4.58.1
plexignore is labor intensive but when it works it works great.
Only problem is that if you do use it, then
Plex will automatically ignore and exclude certain content:
```
Files that include the word sample in the filename and are less than 300MB in size
```
stops working.
So what would be the undoccumented syntax to explicitly set a filesize limit?
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### Author:  [@Volts](https://forums.plex.tv/u/Volts)
#### Post date: [June 14, 2021, 8:10pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/plexignore-bug-undoccumented-syntax/722497/2 "2021-06-14T20:10:45Z")
There isn’t such a mechanism.
Do you have larger files with “sample” in the filename that you don’t want to ignore?
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### Author:  [@meh123](https://forums.plex.tv/u/meh123)
#### Post date: [June 14, 2021, 8:26pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/plexignore-bug-undoccumented-syntax/722497/3 "2021-06-14T20:26:08Z")
I don’t think so… but it is very useful syntax when mucking about with .plexignore for other files.
Unfortunately the official documentation page don’t give a lot to work with. Im kind of scared to experiment with it to much though without documentation because of the amount of work invested all-ready in my library.
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### Author:  [@Volts](https://forums.plex.tv/u/Volts)
#### Post date: [June 14, 2021, 9:31pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/plexignore-bug-undoccumented-syntax/722497/4 "2021-06-14T21:31:07Z")
Your very best bet is to not need .plexignore at all!
Would you like to share examples of files that you’re trying to exclude?
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### Author:  [@meh123](https://forums.plex.tv/u/meh123)
#### Post date: [June 15, 2021, 4:03am UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/plexignore-bug-undoccumented-syntax/722497/5 "2021-06-15T04:03:27Z")
some\_show S01e01 size 360mb ← main file
some show S04e04 size 350mb ← main file
some show S04x01 size 50mb ← extras
some show S01x02 size 70mb ← extras
sometimes extras are in the same directory as the main files using that naming convention.
there is also 3x01 or 3 x 01, is another naming convintion for main episodes etc.
One can use some\_show S04X\* (or _/some\_show S04X_
to traverse across directorys)
i think blank space in episode name needs to be ingored though with some\_show\ S04X04 (still experimenting)
one could in theory use a double wildcard mach being:
some\_show\ S0\*X but this could indeed be risky approach without a size limit to be certain it dosent ignore some random episode in for example 10 seasons.
This feature request should eliminate the need for us to get down and dirty with plexignore but it will take quite some time to implement. After the first month or so, all bonus content would be identified as such and sorted out into appropriate categories/collections.
> [@Content-based file matching (Fingerprints)](https://forums.plex.tv/t/content-based-file-matching-fingerprints/673716):
>
> As of now the step from a video file to an identified title is 100% based on the file name. The process is finicky and fragile – it causes problems and lots of effort for users, as shown in the forum, where file mismatching is a recurring topic. The current process also forces users in [a corset](https://support.plex.tv/articles/naming-and-organizing-your-movie-media-files/) how to name and organize files. The suggestion is to make the process for video identification content-based via fingerprinting. Plex already uses fingerprints for music. Shazam and iTunes Match are p…
Untill then we muddle on though
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### Author:  [@OttoKerner](https://forums.plex.tv/u/OttoKerner)
#### Post date: [June 15, 2021, 1:32pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/plexignore-bug-undoccumented-syntax/722497/6 "2021-06-15T13:32:28Z")
Not a real solution, but you could start reorganising your extras according to the rules laid out in here: [New Plex Media Server TV show/series scanner and agent preview - #232](https://forums.plex.tv/t/new-plex-media-server-tv-show-series-scanner-and-agent-preview/665778/232)
That way they will start to show up in the right spot, once the clients have been updated to support them.
Currently, you will only see “show”-level extras in most clients.
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### Author:  [@system](https://forums.plex.tv/u/system)
#### Post date: [September 13, 2021, 1:33pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/plexignore-bug-undoccumented-syntax/722497/7 "2021-09-13T13:33:22Z")
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