Can this be searched for?
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Can this be searched for?
Is it possible to isolate all files on a drive that have \f as for what to search for? If so could the same search handle more that one NTFS drive at once.
Thanks in advance
Thanks in advance
Re: Can this be searched for?
I don't understand what you mean by that.phototaker wrote:all files on a drive that have \f
Could you give some examples of files (folders?) that match this description? And some examples of files that *almost* match this description?
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Re: Can this be searched for?
Yes that is in the description
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Re: Can this be searched for?
I am looking for a list of files that are on a particular NTFS HDD what only has (\f) in its description.
More so you understand I have lots of mp3' all of which were recorded from my CD's. They had been on iTunes but it appears that Apple assigns every track a jumbled 4 place alfa code that they connect to it's library. I have old libraries that are listed on PC that relate to my tracks. So thousands of my legitimate tracks are mixed in with what Apple wants. I want to eliminate all Apple connecting files all of which have \f in its description.
More so you understand I have lots of mp3' all of which were recorded from my CD's. They had been on iTunes but it appears that Apple assigns every track a jumbled 4 place alfa code that they connect to it's library. I have old libraries that are listed on PC that relate to my tracks. So thousands of my legitimate tracks are mixed in with what Apple wants. I want to eliminate all Apple connecting files all of which have \f in its description.
Re: Can this be searched for?
I also don't really understand what you meant (a screenshot would probably help).
But since \ character cannot be a character of foldername or filename, the only thing I can think of is trying to use "content:" function.
PATH content:
"X:\Music\" content:\f
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But since \ character cannot be a character of foldername or filename, the only thing I can think of is trying to use "content:" function.
PATH content:
"X:\Music\" content:\f
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Re: Can this be searched for?
Just what is this "description"?in its description
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Re: Can this be searched for?
I should not have used the word description. I should have said file name.
Sorry about the confusion
Sorry about the confusion
Re: Can this be searched for?
You now have (at least) 3 people trying to help you, where @Stamimail and @therube are *very* experienced in doing that.
But still, none understands what you mean.
It would really help if you posted a screenshot that clarifies which files you want to find (like @Stamimail suggested).
Otherwise this will become a guessing-game ..
But still, none understands what you mean.
It would really help if you posted a screenshot that clarifies which files you want to find (like @Stamimail suggested).
Otherwise this will become a guessing-game ..
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Re: Can this be searched for?
See attached. I hope that this is whats needed. I have hundreds with the \f that I wish to delete.
Thank you
Thank you
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Re: Can this be searched for?
Please try:
\Users\YourUserName\Desktop\ITunes\F
Look at the results.
Is this what you were looking for?
\Users\YourUserName\Desktop\ITunes\F
Look at the results.
Is this what you were looking for?
Re: Can this be searched for?
That makes it much clearer!phototaker wrote:See attached. I hope that this is whats needed. I have hundreds with the \f that I wish to delete.
Thank you
What you called " description" is actually the path of the file (see the header above the result list)
Anyway:
You were looking for mp3's in a folder, which foldername starts with an "F". But there is an even stronger characteristic you could use to identify the files that you want: the filename is 4 characters (a-z) long! Who gives his MP3's such a filename?? (except for Apple, that is)
So, if you search for:
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????.mp3
If you want only the a-z/A-Z MP3's ,you can use regular expressions:
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regex:\\[a-zA-Z]{4}.mp3$
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regex:\\[fF][0-9]*\\[a-zA-Z]{4}.mp3$
Re: Can this be searched for?
I'm familiar with this format. The concept is probably that music files don't need to use their filenames but their Tags.Who gives his MP3's such a filename?? (except for Apple, that is)
Music apps can handle these tags very well, while Everything still need some improvement to work best with Tags (not indexed).
Re: Can this be searched for?
It seems that regex: ignores case - unless Match Case is enabled, or case:, is used.
regex:.*\\F, finds F or f
case:regex:.*\\F, finds only F (case:regex: have to be joined)
regex:.*\\F, will also find files (in addition to directories) that start with F
It is not limiting the search to a file path that begins with F.
I suppose it is searching the full name - which includes both the path & the filename, as one "string", so in that respect, every file name has a proceeding \ (path separator), if you will.
So:
M:\MUSIC\Fischerspooner
is found
as is
M:\MUSIC\Busdriver\FVWR.mp3
You can include something like ext:mp3
So: regex:.*\\F ext:mp3
If all of these files are in "ITunes" directories, include that.
regex:\\ITunes\F ext:mp3
You might not necessarily need regex:
\itunes\F ext:mp3
regex:.*\\F, finds F or f
case:regex:.*\\F, finds only F (case:regex: have to be joined)
regex:.*\\F, will also find files (in addition to directories) that start with F
It is not limiting the search to a file path that begins with F.
I suppose it is searching the full name - which includes both the path & the filename, as one "string", so in that respect, every file name has a proceeding \ (path separator), if you will.
So:
M:\MUSIC\Fischerspooner
is found
as is
M:\MUSIC\Busdriver\FVWR.mp3
You can include something like ext:mp3
So: regex:.*\\F ext:mp3
If all of these files are in "ITunes" directories, include that.
regex:\\ITunes\F ext:mp3
You might not necessarily need regex:
\itunes\F ext:mp3
Re: Can this be searched for?
Thanks for that! That's a bit uncommon for regular expressions, but actually makes perfect sense in combination with Everything's case:therube wrote:It seems that regex: ignores case - unless Match Case is enabled, or case:, is used.