How to escape double quote in the content parameter

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samz
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How to escape double quote in the content parameter

Post by samz »

Hello,

My query does not work, Everything 1.4.1 cannot find any file:

C:\folder\ type:html content:<body id="gen"

I would like to find HTML files containing this string:

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<body id="gen"
Thanks and regards
void
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Re: How to escape double quote in the content parameter

Post by void »

Everything 1.4 uses the system iFilter to search html content.

The stock iFilter on Windows will strip out all html tags.



In Everything 1.4, please try the following search:

utf8content:"<body id="quot:"gen"quot:

( use quot: to escape a literal double quote (") and use double quotes to escape spaces )

It is easier to set this up in the Advanced Search (Search -> Advanced Search).
Set the content type to UTF-8 and fill in a word or phrase in the file.



Searching html content will be easier in Everything 1.5.

Everything 1.5 is html content aware.

In Everything 1.5, please try the following searches:

content*:<body id="gen"
( content*: treats the rest of the search as literal)
-or-
content:"<body id=&quot:gen&quot:"
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