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In Maya, search for object transform nodes that has a name containing the search string inside the hierarchy of the currently selected objects
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20190608_mayaSearchStrInHierarchy.py
from pymel.core import *
'''
In Maya, search for object transform nodes that has a name containing the search string inside the hierarchy of the currently selected objects
'''
srchStr = 'BigBranch'
select([x for x in listRelatives(ls(sl=True, type='transform'), ad=True, type='transform') if srchStr in x.name()])
# -- here's a single line version of the above, if needed for whatever
# srchStr='_geo';from pymel.core import *;select([x for x in listRelatives(ls(sl=True, type='transform'), ad=True, type='transform') if srchStr in x.name()])
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