A function suggestion similar to childfilecount but with full path depth

[Mizufluffy]

I recently tried File List Slots because it let me have a set of predetermined list of folders. My idea was then to find those folders that would contain a certain number of files regardless of the path depth. Normally I would use childfilecount: for something similar to this but in this case it won't work because that function counts files that are directly in the given folder.

What I'd like to see is something similar to

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files: path:"path/to/folder"

and then count those files.

I'll give an example.

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Folder A
   - 0 subfolders
   - 15 files
Folder B
   - Folder B1
      - 0 subfolders
      - 5 files
   - Folder B2
      - 0 subfolders
      - 5 files
Folder C
   - 10 files
   - Folder C1
      - 0 subfolders
      - 5 files
Folder D
   - 0 subfolders
   - 8 files

So, these Folder A through D are added in a filelistx:

If I did the following search:

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filelist0: childfilecount:<12

then I'd get Folder B (0 files), Folder C (10 files) and Folder D (8 files). However, in this case I'd like to find Folder B (10 files) and Folder D (8 files) but exclude Folder A (15 files) and Folder C (15 files).

In conclusion, I'd love to have a function that is similar to childfilecount: but counts all files similar to following search: files: path:"path/to/folder"

If someone already knows a way to do this then that would also be cool but a dedicated function might be easier to use.

[void]

I'm not sure if it's what you want, but please try
descendant-count: or descendant-file-count:

In Everything, descendant == children and grandchildren.

For example:
descendant-file-count:<12

[Mizufluffy]

Oh, wow. That's exactly what I want. I just tried it and it is indeed working how I wanted.
I usually look through Help > Search Syntax because the list is short enough, however, I'm aware that under Search > Insert Function... there is this extended list of functions in 1.5a but it's still work in progress and examples and descriptions are in TODO state. Although, I'll admit I should have found descendantfilecount: if I had used the search bar in the Select Function list and looked for something like "count" or "filecount".

Anyway, thanks for reply. I appreciate it. Good to know that the feature is already there.

[raccoon]

descendant-count: or descendant-file-count:

Are there columns for descendant-count?

[Mizufluffy]

Are there columns for descendant-count?

At least in the 1.5a when right clicking column title area and then Add Columns... you can find it on the list.

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[raccoon]

Ah, ty. I forgot about that.