diff --git a/src/tools/search.ts b/src/tools/search.ts
index 709584f..b1c6bd0 100644
--- a/src/tools/search.ts
+++ b/src/tools/search.ts
@@ -58,7 +58,11 @@ export async function searchCode(options: {
   }
   
   if (filePattern) {
-    args.push('-g', filePattern);
+    const patterns = filePattern
+      .split('|')
+      .map(p => p.trim())      // remove surrounding spaces
+      .filter(Boolean);        // drop empty tokens
+    patterns.forEach(p => args.push('-g', p));
   }
   
   // Add pattern and path
@@ -116,6 +120,9 @@ export async function searchCode(options: {
               });
             }
           } catch (error) {
+
+
+
             const errorMessage = error instanceof Error ? error.message : String(error);
             capture('server_request_error', {error: `Error parsing ripgrep output: ${errorMessage}`});
             console.error(`Error parsing ripgrep output: ${errorMessage}`);    
@@ -239,4 +246,4 @@ export async function searchTextInFiles(options: {
       excludeDirs: ['node_modules', '.git', 'dist']
     });
   }
-}
+}
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