[Python] Get a file name from a list of files with multiple conditions

I have a list of files in a folder partly with very similar names and with different data types. I would like to find only specific files that always contains some certain strings in its name.

For example, list of files:

file_list = ['00AAAredneck20240213134024.csv',
'00AAAredneck20240213134024.raw',
'00AAAredneck20240213134024cal.csv',
'01BBB_CC-PPP20240213134024_merged.csv',
'01DEFG20240213134024.csv',
'01DEFG20240213134024.raw',
'01DE FG20240213134024.csv',
'01DE FG20240213134024.raw',
'01DEFG-PPP20240213x001.csv',
'01DEFG-PPP20240213x002.csv',
'01DEFG-PPP20240213x003.csv',
'01DEFG-PPP20240213x004.csv',
'01DEFG-PPP20240213x005.csv',
'01DEFG-PPP20240213x006.csv',
'01DEFG-RAW20240213x001.dat',
'01DEFG-RAW20240213x002.dat',
'01DEFG-RAW20240213x003.dat',
'02HHHLLL20240213134024.csv',
'02HHHLLL20240213134024.raw',
'20240213134024Comb.csv',
'PICsfile_1AAAredneck_20240213134024',
'PICsindex_1AAAredneck_20240213134024',
'Log20240213134024.txt',
'O20240213134024.ini',
'data.ini',
]


My aim is to find the both files named

• 01DEFG20240213134024.csv
• 01DE FG20240213134024.csv

my code looks complicated in my eyes

search_file =[x for x in file_list if 'DE' in x and 'FG' in x and 'csv' in x and 'PPP' not in x]
print(search_file)


Is there a nicer way to transfer the including and excluding strings than 'string1' in x and 'string2' in x and 'string3' not in x?

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