Everything Search Skill

Platform: Windows Only

This skill allows you to search for files and folders on the local machine using the high-performance "Everything" search engine.

Prerequisites

"Everything" Service: The main application (Everything.exe) must be installed and running in the background.
Command-line Interface (es.exe):
- This skill requires the standalone Command-line Interface (CLI) tool.
- Download es.exe from voidtools.com.
- Add the directory containing es.exe to your system PATH environment variable.
- Verify installation by running es.exe -version in a terminal.

When to Use

Finding files when you only know part of the name.
Locating files modified recently (e.g., "files changed today").
Finding large files (e.g., "files larger than 1GB").
Searching for specific file types (e.g., "all python scripts").
Finding files containing specific text (content search).

Usage

1. Basic Search

Use the scripts/search.js script to perform searches.

// Example: Find all PDF files
// Run with node
node scripts/search.js *.pdf

2. Advanced Options

The script supports several flags matching es.exe capabilities:

--limit (-n): Limit number of results (default 100).
--sort (-s): Sort order (e.g., size, dm, date-created).
--regex (-r): Enable Regular Expressions.
--match-path (-p): Match full path instead of just filename.
--case (-i): Case sensitive match.

# Example: Find top 10 largest video files
node scripts/search.js video: --sort size --limit 10

# Example: Find files modified today
node scripts/search.js dm:today

Search Syntax

"Everything" uses a powerful query syntax.

See references/syntax.md for a comprehensive cheat sheet of operators, wildcards, and functions.

Quick Examples

foo bar : Files with "foo" AND "bar".
*.jpg | *.png : JPG OR PNG images.
!*.tmp : NOT .tmp files.
size:>50mb : Files larger than 50MB.
dm:lastweek : Modified last week.
content:"search term" : Search inside files (slow).

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