Is there a way to search within the results of a previous search?
For example, I used 'd: child:*.gdoc' to find all folders on D drive which contain a .gdoc file. Everything returned a long list of folders. Now, I would like to search within those folders for any duplicate files. I know how to search for duplicate files. I'm trying to figure out how to search only within a set of previous search results.
Is this possible in Everything?
How to search within results
Re: How to search within results
Note: dupe: works "globally".
Take your search, & add dupe: to it.
d: child:*.gdoc dupe:
Now that may show stuff like
d:\LETTERS\REAC\01hmanhudfin.gdoc
d:\LETTERS\EUDORA\ATTACH\01hmanhudfin.gdoc
& it may also show something like:
d:\LETTERS\CLEAN.0621\tmp\0830.gdoc
(where there is no corresponding name displaying,
because its' dupe: is being filtered out by your search parameters,
with the dupe: being, say here:
C:\TMP\0830.gdoc
Also note that dupe: only identifies file names that are dup'd, not necessarily contents (or anything else).
(There have been ways mentioned before, like exporting the results to a File List, importing that & modifying the search, that can give more accurate results to what you're looking for.)
Take your search, & add dupe: to it.
d: child:*.gdoc dupe:
Now that may show stuff like
d:\LETTERS\REAC\01hmanhudfin.gdoc
d:\LETTERS\EUDORA\ATTACH\01hmanhudfin.gdoc
& it may also show something like:
d:\LETTERS\CLEAN.0621\tmp\0830.gdoc
(where there is no corresponding name displaying,
because its' dupe: is being filtered out by your search parameters,
with the dupe: being, say here:
C:\TMP\0830.gdoc
Also note that dupe: only identifies file names that are dup'd, not necessarily contents (or anything else).
(There have been ways mentioned before, like exporting the results to a File List, importing that & modifying the search, that can give more accurate results to what you're looking for.)
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Re: How to search within results
What worked for me is:
"original search term" and dupe:
By adding the "and" the dupe: is done on the results of the original search term! Amazing!
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Fred
"original search term" and dupe:
By adding the "and" the dupe: is done on the results of the original search term! Amazing!
--
Fred