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asamirid

Hello..

i wanna search for mp3 files that has no letters in it's filenames.

it has only digits, dashes, and underscores ..

examples

20140708_232704.mp3
20130825-112235.mp3

how can i do that ..

thank you

asamirid

i need a way to copy or move selected files from everything search to a one for predefined folders from the right click context menu i remember i was using this tools in the image ages ago, but it's too old now ContextMagic_scr1.gif ContextMagic_scr2.gif ContextMagic_scr3.gif is there any way or sim...

asamirid

ok now i get it, one more explanation plz is there a way or idea to keep both functions ?? .. even by different hotkeys one to cycle windows, and another to cycle tabs !! can we have in the future releases if there is no tabs in the current window ctrl + tab keys jump to next window :!: To set Ctrl ...

asamirid

greetings.. i want to cycle through open windows with a hotkey default hotkey for almost any program to do this is ctrl + tab i remember but not sure i was able todo this in the near past "cycling through open windows" in everything :roll: :roll: i searched for the function in the tools > ...

asamirid

greetings.. i have a folder with alot of files ended with (1) and (2) and more, these files has the same filename but the stem end is different as i mentioned, the attached image show how filenames looks .. image_2024-01-21_192630189.png how can i search for these pairs so both files the original on...

asamirid

Hi..

i hope this issue is not a forgotten one, as it's usually affect my non-latin language searches.

sorry for bother, just trying to bring things up.

thank you.

asamirid

this is works exactly the way i wanted and imagined ..

it was always there after all

thank you

void wrote: ↑Tue Nov 28, 2023 11:02 pm Please try Ctrl + Shift + V to paste without punctuation.

asamirid

i think the default ctrl+v behaver clean up hidden control characters and EOL, but not other characters. but if i copy a file or folder name it remain the same, and i have to clean it up to do a proper search .. I think Ctl+V does something a bit different when you paste? from the web to make a sear...

asamirid

i didn't do that, i don't wanna index any bmp properties .. what is interesting though, i also don't index mp3 files years metadata, but when i add year: function to my search it automatically gathering this information from mp3 results files, but not the same case if i added dimensions: function to...

asamirid

greetings.. whenever i grab a text from a file name or from the web to make a search, this text usually has a load of uncommon characters i don't need it in search, and it's actually crippling the search process and takes a time and headache to clean it up. it should be "i hope" an alterna...

asamirid

ok i will go with this advice..

but i think if there is a hotkey/switch to force do this one time in the current window to current results and back to normal stat once this window closed that would help in many situations.

thank you.

asamirid

yes windows explorer "and any photo viewer" can view it normally and read the file properties just fine. i also copied the files to new drive location as in the image below but nothing happened or changed .. then i converted the 2 photos to jpg format "a file type i index it's dimensi...

asamirid

greetings .. i don't index dimensions properties for bmp images as i don't need it. but in some situations like in this one in the attached image .. image_2023-11-27_222107139.png this is a one example of many i go through every now and then.. i want force everything load all columns properties for ...

asamirid

i found it, very useful and easy to use, thank you.

p.s. i searched in keyboard shortcuts section and didn't find it mentioned

is it the case or i did something wrong !!

asamirid

greetings.. i want to assign hot key to navigate back in global history, it's should be easy right !! but i wanted it to navigate in all the everything history not just current everything window history. for example if i searched for "cats and dogs" finished my doings and closed the curren...

asamirid

greetings .. it's a two part question .. 1. can i check if my mp3 music file has a cover art embed or not ?? 2. can i index the cover art image dimensions if it's exist in the mp3 file ?? attached image showing that cover art images in mp3 doesn't count as normal dimensions.. Screenshot 2023-11-10 0...

asamirid

for some unknown reason all the capture tools mentioned before started to work fine, although i didn't restart didn't change anything and didn't quit current everything instance. after some tests, it's easier to take screenshots in details view than in the large or extra large thumbnails view. the l...

asamirid

i was already tried the administrator trick and did the test as standard user, now i did it again when you post this may i forgot something, but no same results. i can't try the %APPDATA% settings on my main machine, i prefer the full portable one folder app, but i will test that with a fresh copy o...

asamirid

export to csv won't help in my case, as i want screenshots to some photos "with specific tag" in large thumbnails view, what is really strange, i tried some screenshot tools as therube suggested here, i tried sharex and picpick , both are capable tools, but they fail. they worked fine and ...

asamirid

greetings..

i wanna take a full long screenshot of everything search results, not only the visible part,

what tool can help achieve that ?? ..

asamirid

greetings.. in a lot of rename process situations i wanted to do more that one rename action to achieve the desired results. for example; replace string "abc" with "xyz00_" , replace string "oct" with "_oct2010" , and add numbering . now "as far as i know...

asamirid

iam voting up for right click copy column details option.

that will be very handy.

asamirid

greetings.. i know it looks dumb to ask that but i have my reasons :D :D .. can everything index and search files in the famous linux ext4 partition ?? 1. if windows can read the ext4 by help of third-party driver ?? 2. if everything in vm or container on a linux machine ?? any help is appreciated ....

asamirid

this is also a good working solution, thank you therube, [q] if /copy $stem: copy file stem as expected what parameters copies these below .. * stem.ext * path:\stem * path:\stem.ext * path:\ Not drag&drop, but a Keyboard shortcut to copy stem:<filenames> ? (which you can then Paste into the sea...

asamirid

tried to understand

<sibling>

from the link above but it's very cryptic to me ..

can anyone explain what is this example do exactly..

sibling:thumbs.db

thank you

asamirid

the childfoldercount:0 function works fine, thank you.

is there a possible way to search for the files in the last level of folders only ??

void wrote: ↑Tue Oct 10, 2023 8:40 am Please try the following search:

childfoldercount:0

childfoldercount:

asamirid

thank you void for adding this feature. my take is this way of implementation force us "the users" to select one fixed settings regarding dragging to search bar. when i drag an item to search bar it can be one of these format "as i can see it now" .. * stem * stem.ext * path:\ste...

asamirid

greetings.. i have a huge 50gb+ data folder, it has large folder tree with different levels inside .. i want to search for the last level of folders "folders that has no folders" .. results should be the folders itself obviously not it's content. also if there is a way to search for the fi...

asamirid

[question] can i set the ESC key to close current tab ??

asamirid

hello Ralf_Reddings,

i was going to write a long post explaining and request the first 2 points,
but you did it here in a clear and better way ..

i agree and support ur request ..

thankx ..

asamirid

you can also use

!folder:

i use it all the time

folder: is for folders only results
!folder: is for no folders "ignore folders" in results

also works for online: and offline: filters ..

asamirid

hay i found this in tools > options > general > keyboard > hotkey list result list | hot item parent | search in everything i made a hotkey alt + ` to activate and this do search the selected item in the current window :D :D .., but replacing the current search. is there a way to make it start in a ...

asamirid

thank you therube

, and now iam more attached to the idea

therube wrote: ↑Wed Sep 20, 2023 3:50 pm
is there a way todo that ??
Yes ([i'm pretty sure], though I don't recall how/where, offhand - smartass ).

asamirid

greetings .. weeks ago i learned here that i can start everything search from current file explorer location by pressing the [new window] hotkey .. and new everything window appears loaded with the current explorer path in the search field.. this was very helpful tip ... but unfortunately inside eve...

asamirid

greetings all, last week i had a hard time rebuilding system index all over again .. everything suddenly became so sluggish and hangs all the time when do search and run to almost any file type. although it was stable for years even with continuous configuration changes and modifications. i had an e...

asamirid

thanx void for considering this.

fingers crossed to see new features soon.

asamirid

greetings .. in everything i usually do select a bunch of files from the results panel and drag it to the search field to start working with them. this is happen multiple times everyday. i need the option to remove file-extensions from reaching and appears in the search field. and just add the file ...

asamirid

thanx void, all there methods works fine and i can invert the results by ! operator ..

i will read more about

char-range:

and

char:

.. it's interesting search approach.

void wrote: ↑Thu Aug 31, 2023 12:03 am Please try the following search:

d:\data\docs\ char:>=128

char:

Alternatives:

regex:[^\x00-\x7f]
char:>=0x80

asamirid

greetings..

i have a folder

d:\data\docs\

that has tons of documents files ..

i wanna search it for non-english characters filenames, any file with characters other than standard [a-z].

p.s. i mainly search for arabic characters if it makes a difference ..

how can i achieve this search ??

asamirid

greetings.. i saw this bug long time ago, i though i should report it .. whenever i do search and the results had non-ascii characters, everything doesn't highlight the search term .. like in the image attached below .. i searched for jul023 .. the results with only English or "ASCII" char...

asamirid

Thàt is something that can be done: left to the black triangle you can click the drop-down arrow ( V ) for old format and new format. When you click it, a list with previous used patterns will be shown to select from. ya i know that, but selecting from this drop-down list will not add-in to what is...

asamirid

thanx NotNull for the answer, no i will not do the translation template trick.. very corky i hope i can add to this menu and rearrange it in the future releases, i use this dialog to rename by parent folder, trim extra spaces, remove diacritics characters, regex name normalization and more, i do all...

asamirid

greetings all..

it's a simple straight question but i have no clue ..

how can i [add to / edit / rearrange] this menu in the image below..

: ev_rename_003_Screenshot_193600.png (214.59 KiB) Viewed 780 times

asamirid

Hi void, i use /double_ctrl_action=2 to open new everything window from anywhere "global hotkey" can i set the /double_ctrl_action=2 hotkey to automatically navigate Explorer current window's path with /hotkey_explorer_path_search=1 instead of just opening new empty everything window. coz ...

asamirid

thank you void ..

this will help alot

..

asamirid

greetings :) :) .. long story short, i want add this character ـ to be treated as a diacritics and ignored in search.. explanation .. in arabic their is a character called "kashida" and this is it " ـ " it may looks like underscore in some fonts but it's different one kashida is ...

asamirid

hi horst.epp

sorry for that, i just quoted what i was asked for, don't know it has any negative effect !!.

i may delete it if it's wrong or rude.

and iam patient too believe me, i just thought that my post sinked down coz i posted it in the alpha release day.

sorry for any unintended mistake ..

asamirid

any new thoughts about this issue :roll: :roll: .. hello and greetings.. sorry for late replay i was away from home for some days .. about this query .. also if the two desired phrases in the filenames not an extension. i wanna find both "dd01" and "gg03" if they adjacent togethe...

asamirid

hello and greetings.. sorry for late replay i was away from home for some days .. about this query .. also if the two desired phrases in the filenames not an extension. i wanna find both "dd01" and "gg03" if they adjacent together in the same folder all i need here is .. search a...

asamirid

thank you therube for this, it's kind of good start point, but it doesn't help with this .. also if the two desired phrases in the filenames not an extension. i wanna find both "dd01" and "gg03" if they adjacent together in the same folder ignoring the extensions and filetypes .....

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