Strange behaviour with filenames containing spaces

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horst.epp
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Strange behaviour with filenames containing spaces

Post by horst.epp »

I invoke an Everything search with the following command line
Everything64.exe -s wfn:"e1x alt-saved.txt"
Note the space inside the file name and the quotes around it.
There is no result from this search.
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Using the same search in the GUI works.
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void
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Re: Strange behaviour with filenames containing spaces

Post by void »

Please escape double-quotes with triple-double-quotes from the command line:

Everything64.exe -s wfn:""""e1x alt-saved.txt""""

will set the search to:

wfn:"e1x alt-saved.txt"



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Reason: """ = single literal " and we still need double quotes to escape spaces in the command line argument
horst.epp
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Re: Strange behaviour with filenames containing spaces

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That doesn't work for me.
Result is
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Input was
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void
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Re: Strange behaviour with filenames containing spaces

Post by void »

Include double quotes to escape spaces in the command line argument:

Everything64.exe -s wfn:""""e1x alt-saved.txt""""

will set the search to:

wfn:"e1x alt-saved.txt"
horst.epp
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Re: Strange behaviour with filenames containing spaces

Post by horst.epp »

I copied the solution from another thread :D
-s nopath:exact:#quote:#[basename:"%S1"#]:
This works for my usage from inside of Total Commander
where the files name %S1 is a parameter from TC.
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