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Multi-file search, thousands

Posted: Wed May 03, 2023 7:42 am
by cool.leeward
Hello everyone, I have 80 million jpg files and I want to find 30 thousand files among these files.
The file names I want to search are 1234, 34234, 45943. The searched file names are dsf_3245.jpg, fg_1234_sf_jpg. like
I do this with rgex, but it supports up to 300 filenames and more program crashes.
Do I have a chance to write these file names in a txt file and search 30 thousand files at the same time?

Re: Multi-file search, thousands

Posted: Wed May 03, 2023 8:26 am
by void
Could you please send a mini crash dump when Everything crashes?

Everything 1.5 will have file list slots, allowing you to search for millions of filenames.



To export filenames from Everything:
  • In Everything, from the File menu, click Export....
  • Change save as type to TXT Text Files (*.txt)
  • Choose a filename and click Save.

Re: Multi-file search, thousands

Posted: Wed May 10, 2023 12:27 pm
by cool.leeward
freezes during deletion.

Re: Multi-file search, thousands

Posted: Wed May 10, 2023 1:14 pm
by cool.leeward
where should i send the dump file

Re: Multi-file search, thousands

Posted: Wed May 10, 2023 1:33 pm
by NotNull
As said in the mini crash dump link: to support@voidtools.com

Re: Multi-file search, thousands

Posted: Thu May 11, 2023 5:42 am
by void
Thank you for the mini crash dumps cool.leeward,

Both dumps show Everything building an IShellItem for each filename to be used with a system call to IFileOperation.
This will take a very long time if you are deleting 10,000+ files.

Everything should unfreeze once this is done.
I put on my TODO list to show a progress bar if this takes longer than 1 second..

Re: Multi-file search, thousands

Posted: Thu May 11, 2023 6:55 am
by cool.leeward
Thanks for the quick reply.

I think it's not the wipe feature of windows, it is necessary for "everything" like "total commander" to use its own wipe module.

I believe you can do this in the best way possible.