some search won't working when the folder contains Chinese characters

[ssdde]

there are two folders, the first is named in English, the second one with Chinese characters, almost same sup file structures in these folders.

D:\folder1
D:\电视剧 folder1



first, when i want to search all the cht.sup files in the English named folder, i search like this, it works perfect.


second, when i want to search all the cht.sup files in the Chinese named folder, i search like this, it won't work, no result at all


so is it can be easy when search as non-english named folder like english folder? thanks.

win10 x64 1809
everything x64 1.4.1.1003

[NotNull]

Does it help if you put the foldername in "", like:

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cht.sup   "D:\电视剧 folder1"

[ssdde]

Does it help if you put the foldername in "", like:

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cht.sup   "D:\电视剧 folder1"

tried, works good for english folder, but no effect with chinese folder, no any result.

also tried this,

cht.sup 'D:\folder1'

not work for both two situations.

[NotNull]

cht.sup 'D:\folder1'

Use

cht.sup "D:\folder1"

instead. (double quotes instead of single quotes)

Another thing: you can check the statusbar to see if there are any search modifiers active. There should be none mentioned in the statusbar.
You can also check this in the Search menu: Only Everything should be selected.


EDIT: Forgot to mention that I did create this folder on my system and Everything could find it without problems with

t:\电视剧 folder1

as well as with

"t:\电视剧 folder1"

(I don't have a D:-drive)

[tuska]

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[therube]

If I'm doing it correctly, looks good on my end:

[therube]

Oh, OK.
So you either have to have that option set (as it is by default), or you need to specifically tell it to match path.

[NotNull]

Good catch, @tuska! (didn't see that one coming ... )

[ssdde]

cht.sup 'D:\folder1'

Use

cht.sup "D:\folder1"

instead. (double quotes instead of single quotes)

Another thing: you can check the statusbar to see if there are any search modifiers active. There should be none mentioned in the statusbar.
You can also check this in the Search menu: Only Everything should be selected.


EDIT: Forgot to mention that I did create this folder on my system and Everything could find it without problems with

t:\电视剧 folder1

as well as with

"t:\电视剧 folder1"

(I don't have a D:-drive)

thanks.


.cht.sup D:\电视剧 folder1 no work

.cht.sup "D:\电视剧 folder1" this works

.cht.sup "D:\电视剧 folder1 even this works

[ssdde]

and could you make this format works directly the same as english named? so that no need to enter any " in. especially sometime when i need to copy and paste many file directory to search, no need to add "

.cht.sup D:\电视剧 folder1

[ssdde]

and i tried even this format works, but when copy and paste the whole file directory, not working.

[ssdde]

and sometime i want to use most convenient way, only type some chinese name parts of folder, but this no working

[NotNull]

.cht.sup D:\电视剧 folder1 no work

That is expected. A space - that is not between "" - in Everything means AND.
So you are searching for filenames with .cht.sup AND folder1 in the filename AND D:\电视剧 somewhere in the path of that filename.
It would match a file "D:\电视剧 something\a filename that has folder1 and cht.sup in the name.txt"
It will NOT match "D:\电视剧 folder1\something.cht.sup" (no "folder1" in the fielname; only in the path)

If you keep i mind that a space - that is not between "" -means AND, you can probably understand why some of your examples are not working.

If something is still not clear, please post, so we can explain in more detail.

[ssdde]

.cht.sup D:\电视剧 folder1 no work

That is expected. A space - that is not between "" - in Everything means AND.
So you are searching for filenames with .cht.sup AND folder1 in the filename AND D:\电视剧 somewhere in the path of that filename.
It would match a file "D:\电视剧 something\a filename that has folder1 and cht.sup in the name.txt"
It will NOT match "D:\电视剧 folder1\something.cht.sup" (no "folder1" in the fielname; only in the path)

If you keep i mind that a space - that is not between "" -means AND, you can probably understand why some of your examples are not working.

If something is still not clear, please post, so we can explain in more detail.

thanks for explain, but what i want is ,when i search like this

.cht.sup D:\电视剧 folder1

if the space came after :\ in search bar, that means the space should not be the AND or between function, right? because the space came after :\ sign shows the space should be a part of folder, to search in a folder


A space that is not between "" - in Everything means AND.

Could a space that is came after :\ - in Everything means as parts of folder name?

[ssdde]

and i have another question, if i want to search all the cht.sup in both two folders at one time. how to?

these below are all not working

[NotNull]

.cht.sup D:\电视剧 folder1

if the space came after :\ in search bar, that means the space should not be the AND or between function, right? because the space came after :\ sign shows the space should be a part of folder, to search in a folder

.cht.sup D:\ 电视剧 folder1
Would get translated to: a filename with .cht.sup AND folder1 AND 电视剧 in it's name AND also D:\ in the path.

When you enable Match Path (Menu:Search > Match Path), it will translate to:
a filename with .cht.sup AND folder1 AND 电视剧 AND D:\ somewhere in the filename or path.
That would find your cht.sup files.
It will also find - example - "D:\this is folder1\电视剧.cht.sup"

[NotNull]

and i have another question, if i want to search all the cht.sup in both two folders at one time. how to?

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cht.sup   "D:\ 电视剧 folder1" | "D:\folder1"  

The | is Everything-speak for OR. OR is "stronger" than AND (like * is stronger than + in arithmetic) , so that search would translate to:
Search for all files with cht.sup somewhere in the name [1] that have "D:\ 电视剧 folder1" OR "D:\folder1" somewhere in the name or the path.



[1] cht.sup could also be in the middle of the filename and it would still be found. If you only want files with file-extension cht.sup, you can search for

ext:cht.sup

. More info on that (and also on the topics we already discussed) can be found on the Everything Search Syntax page.

[ssdde]

.cht.sup D:\电视剧 folder1

if the space came after :\ in search bar, that means the space should not be the AND or between function, right? because the space came after :\ sign shows the space should be a part of folder, to search in a folder

.cht.sup D:\ 电视剧 folder1
Would get translated to: a filename with .cht.sup AND folder1 AND 电视剧 in it's name AND also D:\ in the path.

When you enable Match Path (Menu:Search > Match Path), it will translate to:
a filename with .cht.sup AND folder1 AND 电视剧 AND D:\ somewhere in the filename or path.
That would find your cht.sup files.
It will also find - example - "D:\this is folder1\电视剧.cht.sup"

thank you very much for explain.

let's test.
imaging there is a file structure like this, a Chinese file in a Chinese folder

D:\好吃的 东西

好吃的东西.mp4


it works perfect even when there is a space in the folder, can be searched


but when this, not working. have to add " to the folder beginning and the end

[ssdde]

and i have another question, if i want to search all the cht.sup in both two folders at one time. how to?

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cht.sup   "D:\ 电视剧 folder1" | "D:\folder1"  

The | is Everything-speak for OR. OR is "stronger" than AND (like * is stronger than + in arithmetic) , so that search would translate to:
Search for all files with cht.sup somewhere in the name [1] that have "D:\ 电视剧 folder1" OR "D:\folder1" somewhere in the name or the path.



[1] cht.sup could also be in the middle of the filename and it would still be found. If you only want files with file-extension cht.sup, you can search for

ext:cht.sup

. More info on that (and also on the topics we already discussed) can be found on the Everything Search Syntax page.

OK, thanks.

[ssdde]

i don't know why this can be found and the other can not


if rename like this, can't be found



D:\好吃的 东西 rename to D:\好吃的 dongxi

好吃的东西.mp4

[NotNull]

i don't know why this can be found and the other can not

That is because 东西 is not only part of the foldername, but also of the filename

(1) 东西.mp4
search for filenames with 东西.mp4
(2) D:\好吃的
Search folders containing D:\好吃的
(3) 东西
search for filenames containing 东西 (and that will match 好吃的东西.mp4

[ssdde]

i don't know why this can be found and the other can not

That is because 东西 is not only part of the foldername, but also of the filename

(1) 东西.mp4
search for filenames with 东西.mp4
(2) D:\好吃的
Search folders containing D:\好吃的
(3) 东西
search for filenames containing 东西 (and that will match 好吃的东西.mp4

OK, got it, thanks.

[void]

Don't forget to escape spaces with double quotes

For example:
东西.mp4 "D:\好吃的 dongxi"


As others have mentioned, you might have an easier time if you enable Match Path from the Search menu:


This will force Everything to match the full path and filename (instead of just the filename).
With Match Path enabled, the white spaces in paths do not have to be escaped.

[ssdde]

Don't forget to escape spaces with double quotes

For example:
东西.mp4 "D:\好吃的 dongxi"


As others have mentioned, you might have an easier time if you enable Match Path from the Search menu:


This will force Everything to match the full path and filename (instead of just the filename).
With Match Path enabled, the white spaces in paths do not have to be escaped.

OK, learned, thanks