search from a.txt file?

[Laura]

Hi
I have this urgent problem for work.
I have some lists containing a series of filenames, for example

20 - Fiat Abart 1988 used.doc
30 - BMW 1988 used.docx
40 - TheBestCar 1988 used.xlm

and these files are inside a hard disk with thousands of folders.

Is there a way to tell Everything to search for all the files in the list and show each file where it is located. I would need a txt to be generated with the exact path of where the files are located, for example:

E:\ENG\car20\ - Fiat Abart 1988 used.doc
E:\ITA\Carni30\ - BMW 1988 used.docx
E:\ITA\Uni\40 - TheBestCar 1988 used.xlm

I hope you can help me, thanks

[tuska]

Hi,

1. Reference: Search for list of files?
2. Example: File, e.g. "ListOfFiles.txt" with content:
   20 - Fiat Abart 1988 used.doc
   30 - BMW 1988 used.docx
   40 - TheBestCar 1988 used.xlm
3. Menu "Search" > Advanced Search... > Scroll down to the bottom and to the right of "Search for a list of file names",
   click the Browse button '...' "Open the List Editor." > click on button "Import..." > click on file "ListOfFiles.txt", OK, OK
4. The 'Everything' search box now shows the following:

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   filelist:"20 - Fiat Abart 1988 used.doc";"30 - BMW 1988 used.docx";"40 - TheBestCar 1988 used.xlm"

5. The following search result is displayed - only example:

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   D:\__TEMP__\20 - Fiat Abart 1988 used.doc
   D:\__TEMP__\30 - BMW 1988 used.docx
   D:\__TMP__\40 - TheBestCar 1988 used.xlm

6. Continue below with point "3. Click in the search result". ...

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Here is another variant...

1. For partial searches, please try the following:

   • In Everything, type in the following search and press ENTER:
     /paste_new_line_op=1
   • where 1 is OR and 0 is AND (default)
   • If successful you should see paste_new_line_op=1 in the status bar for a few seconds.
   • Paste the contents of multi-line text file into the search bar in Everything. -If possible try avoid copying the last empty line or remove the trailing |<> in your search.
     this search can take several seconds to complete.

2. ... "Paste the contents of multi-line text file into the search bar in Everything." ...
   This should look like this:
   1. Everything 1.4.1.1024 (x64)

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      <20 - Fiat Abart 1988 used.doc>|<30 - BMW 1988 used.docx>|<40 - TheBestCar 1988 used.xlm> !ext:lnk

      !ext:lnk corresponds to: ... ! = NOT -> Do not show me any files with file extension 'lnk'. ->
      C:\Users\<your-user-name>\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Recent\20 - Fiat Abart 1988 used.doc.lnk
      C:\Users\<your-user-name>\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Recent\30 - BMW 1988 used.docx.lnk
      C:\Users\<your-user-name>\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Recent\40 - TheBestCar 1988 used.xlm.lnk
       
      --- OR ---
   2. Everything 1.5.0.1382a (x64)

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      <<20 - Fiat Abart 1988 used.doc>|<30 - BMW 1988 used.docx>|<40 - TheBestCar 1988 used.xlm>> !C:\Users\<your-user-name>\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Recent

      <your-user-name> ... enter the username on your PC here ...
3. Click in the search result
4. Press Ctrl+A to mark the entire search result
5. Menu "File" > "Copy Full Name to Clipboard" ... copies the path and the name to the clipboard
   If this menu item is NOT present, then display it as follows:
   Everything Options > Context Menu > Copy Full Name to Clipboard > ⨀ Show this item
6. Paste the text from the clipboard into a text file using Ctrl+V.
7. Example: Result.txt

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   D:\__TEMP__\20 - Fiat Abart 1988 used.doc
   D:\__TEMP__\30 - BMW 1988 used.docx
   D:\__TMP__\40 - TheBestCar 1988 used.xlm

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See also: How to import a very large list of filenames from a text file for searching?

[Laura]

it was the first solution you recommended to me to solve all my problems!

Thank you so much for the long post, the time I wasted on you, you were very very kind, and it's not easy to find people like you today

[tuska]

You are welcome.