How to perform this search in ES Cli?

[Ralf_Reddings]

Searching

"C:\dog run"|"C:\cat run"

on a Everything 1.5 window correctly finds all of the items in directories

dog run

and

cat run

:

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C:\cat run\
C:\dog run\
C:\cat run\cats 1.png
C:\cat run\cats 2.png
C:\cat run\cats 3.png
C:\dog run\dogs 1.png
C:\dog run\dogs 2.png
C:\dog run\dogs 3.png

I am attempting to perform the same search on ES cli. Due to how the search string must not be quoted in ES cli, its very difficult to figure out a working method.

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ES '<"C:\dog run"|"C:\cat run">'       #Nothing gets returned for this search
ES "<"C:\dog run"|"C:\cat run">"       #This search returns just the parent folders. No child items
#C:\cat run
#C:\dog run
ES ""C:\dog run""`|""C:\cat run""      #Same as above, returns only parent folders, no children

ES "C:\dog run""`|""C:\cat run"        #Returns only the child items for "dog run" but not the "dog run" directory. "Cat run" is entirely ignored
#C:\dog run\dogs 1.png
#:\dog run\dogs 2.png
#:\dog run\dogs 3.png

I have tried alot of other variations but nothing works. If anyone has a working method particularly for PowerShell, I would appreciate it.

[void]

Please try the following Powershell call:

es "C:\dog run" `| "C:\cat run"

[Ralf_Reddings]

It works!
Cheers!

[therube]

Is that backtick (`) meant to be there?

[void]

Yes.
Otherwise, | is treated as a pipe.

Spaces around `| are also required.
Otherwise, "1"`|"2" is treated as: 1 |2
(| and 2 are combined)