is it possible to pass multiple paths to the -explore command line parameter?

[Ralf_Reddings]

I am trying to figure out how to pass multiple paths to

-explore

.

The following works, the status correctly shows

users

:

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everything -explore 'c:\users'

But trying to open multiple paths with powershell 7, only the first path is received. So the status bar instead of showing

users|temp

, it only shows

users

:

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everything  -explore ('c:\users', 'C:\temp\')
everything  -explore 'c:\users'`,'c:\temp'          #escape powershell's ',' with '`'

I tried to use the Powershell operator

--%

to disable its command line parsing but it did not make any difference.

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everything --% -explore 'c:\users','C:\temp\'

I also tried to use one of the example shown in the command line page but it did not work:

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everything --% -explore* [{"path":"c:\\temp"},{"path":"c:\\users"}]

1.5.0.1379a 1.5.0.1379a

/ win11

Thanks for any help.

[therube]

Appears -explore won't take 2 separate paths to explore.
So something like this won't work:

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everything -instance 15 -explore c:\out\222 -new-tab -explore c:\out\1099 -new-tab

So two separate invocations of Everything.

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everything -instance 15 -explore c:\out\222 -new-tab  &&  everything -instance 15 -explore c:\out\1099 -new-tab

or

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everything -instance 15 -explore c:\out\222 -new-tab
everything -instance 15 -explore c:\out\1099 -new-tab

or
You could run in a FOR loop, passing the dirname(s).

Without a -new-tab or -new-window, one invocation will "overwrite" the other.


(I'm about to post a similar question, "efficiency".)


Now, if you could Group, but alas you can't.

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everything -instance 15 < -explore c:\out\222 -new-tab > < -explore c:\out\1099 -new-tab >

[void]

Currently, not possible.

I will look into adding support for semicolon delimited lists.

For example:

everything.exe -explore "c:\windows;C:\Program Files"

Thank you for the suggestion.

[Ralf_Reddings]

@therube
Thank you for the alternative, I would not mind to use a temporary solution until Everything adds a semicolon delimited lists but this solution is using multiple tabs. In any case, I will just use a single folder for now.

@void
Very glad to hear it, this would be perefect!

[void]

Everything 1.5.0.1384a adds support for exploring multiple paths with -explore.

-explore now accepts a semicolon (;) delimited list of paths.

Example usage:

Everything.exe -explore C:\Windows;"C:\Program Files\Everything"