es.exe doesnt work with multi word queries (AND)

[robertcollier4]

Hi, I am having a problem with es.exe not returning any results for some multi word queries, even though I am including quotes to indicate the entire string as a single command line parameter. The same query in Everything GUI works perfectly.

Steps to reproduce:
1. On command line using ES-1.1.0.10 run

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es.exe "portableapps everything"

RESULT - no results found

2. In Everything GUI, type in

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portableapps everything

RESULT - found D:\PortableApps\Everything

I am trying to get the "AND" behavior described on https://www.voidtools.com/support/everything/searching/ and it says that "ES uses the Everything Search syntax".

[robertcollier4]

It seems as if

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es.exe "portableapps everything"

is being resolved as Everything GUI

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"portableapps everything"

Rather,

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es.exe "\"portableapps everything\""

should resolve to that GUI result of typing quotes around multiple words. As per https://superuser.com/questions/182454/ ... as-example

[therube]

Leave the quotes out.
The intervening spaces are then AND's.

By including the quotes, you end up looking for the literal string "portableapps[space]everything", which doesn't exist.

[robertcollier4]

I've tried that.

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es.exe portableapps everything

Result - no results found

Please try with a similar example on your hard drive and see if you can reproduce. Choose the names of two different subdirectories in one path like I have with es.exe.

[therube]

Try:

es -p portableapps everything

-p says to match the path.

Also note what this does:

es portableapps/ everything


Oh, & thinking that you do have Match Path enabled in the GUI.

[robertcollier4]

Thanks! -p fixed it. I was thinking that es.exe would use the same options set in the settings. Yes, I do have match patch enabled in the GUI. I'll now add -p to all my command line usage.
Resolved.