Forgot command-line for hotkey that finds ONLY selected file

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SuperDude
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Forgot command-line for hotkey that finds ONLY selected file

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Everything v1.5.0.1245a (64-bit)

I had CTRL+SHIFT+F2 set as a hotkey that found only a selected file (that is, the exact file name) while excluding any other file(s) that had the selected file's name in their name(s). Can someone please refresh my memory? Thanks!
void
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Re: Forgot command-line for hotkey that finds ONLY selected file

Post by void »

This one?

Everything.exe -s exact:"%1"
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SuperDude
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Re: Forgot command-line for hotkey that finds ONLY selected file

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When using the following command:

D:\Everything64\Everything64.exe -s exact:%1

... and searching for "Everything 64.exe" -> The following will be shown in the Search box:

exact:D:\Everything64\Everything64.exe

Only that instance of the search term appears in the Results list. I need Everything to find all instances of that search term on all of my indexed drives.

Note: My CTRL+SHIFT+F2 hotkey is a Directory Opus-assigned hotkey (not sure if that is causing your suggested command to fail?)
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Re: Forgot command-line for hotkey that finds ONLY selected file

Post by NotNull »

Does this work for you?

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Everything64.exe -s exact:#filename:%1
(not sure if it should be %1 or "%1"; will depend on the source (dopus in this case)

#filename: is on of the Search Preprocessor functions (Menu:Help > Search Preprocessor for more information)
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Re: Forgot command-line for hotkey that finds ONLY selected file

Post by SuperDude »

That seems to work for a couple of search files, but now "C:\Windows\system32" is being inserted into the path name for most of the searches I do. For example, searching for "Everything64.exe" works, but "Everything64 - Copy. exe" makes the "Command Line Options" dialog appear.

Proccess Hacker shows the Everything service's current directory is "C:\Windows\system32" (maybe that's why "C:\Windows\system32" is being inserted into some search terms?

For now, I am going to use this command line:

D:\Everything64\Everything64.exe -name -part "%1" -s file:

... it finds what I'm looking for (along with other files).

Thanks for your help. Appreciate it!
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Re: Forgot command-line for hotkey that finds ONLY selected file

Post by void »

You will need to quote "%1" otherwise Everything will interpret text after a space as a file, and add that filename to your search:

Everything -s file:exact:"%1"

-no need to change if -name-part "%1" works for you.
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