Math filenames from one path with filenames on another path

[anmac1789]

Hello everyone, besides using temporary omit results, is there a way to find a duplicate of another path? either with regex or custom column formulas?

For example, lets say I have all these files

file1.jpg - path: C:\google
file2.jpg - path: C:\google
file3.jpg - path: C:\google

and to find these same filenames in another part path and "pair them up" or match them, if the same filenames exist in the second path -- U:\facebook such that

file1.jpg - path: C:\google
file2.jpg - path: C:\google
file3.jpg - path: C:\google

will be paired with

file1.jpg - path: C:\google
file1.jpg - path: U:\facebook
file2.jpg - path: C:\google
file2.jpg - path: U:\facebook
file3.jpg - path: C:\google
file3.jpg - path: U:\facebook

[void]

Please try the following fileexists: search:

<regex:^C:\\google\\([^\\]*)$ fileexists:U:\\facebook\\$1:> | <regex:^U:\\facebook\\([^\\]*)$ fileexists:C:\\google\\$1:>

Sort results by name.

fileexists:

[anmac1789]

Please try the following fileexists: search:

<regex:^C:\\google\\([^\\]*)$ fileexists:U:\\facebook\\meta\\$1:> | <regex:^U:\\facebook\\([^\\]*)$ fileexists:C:\\google\\$1:>

Sort results by name.

fileexists:

Okay so can you explain what is happening here..where is the double \\ coming from ? Where is facebook\meta coming from lol ?

[void]

Sorry, please ignore the meta bit:

<regex:^C:\\google\\([^\\]*)$ fileexists:U:\\facebook\\$1:> | <regex:^U:\\facebook\\([^\\]*)$ fileexists:C:\\google\\$1:>

fileexists: uses regex \ escapes.

[anmac1789]

Ignore the meta bit:

<regex:^C:\\google\\([^\\]*)$ fileexists:U:\\facebook\\$1:> | <regex:^U:\\facebook\\([^\\]*)$ fileexists:C:\\google\\$1:>

fileexists: uses regex \ escapes.

Could this be extended to 3 paths to compare and match ?

For the path that I want to search, do I have to use C:\\ and U:\\ ?

No results are being shown...

[void]

Please try the following to match subfolders/files:

<regex:^C:\\google\\(.*)$ fileexists:U:\\facebook\\$1:> | <regex:^U:\\facebook\\(.*)$ fileexists:C:\\google\\$1:>



You can compare as many paths as you like.
However, the search gets complicated:

For example, add M:\meta:

<regex:^C:\\google\\(.*)$ fileexists:U:\\facebook\\$1:> | <regex:^M:\\meta\\(.*)$ fileexists:U:\\facebook\\$1:> | <regex:^U:\\facebook\\(.*)$ fileexists:C:\\google\\$1:> | <regex:^M:\\meta\\(.*)$ fileexists:C:\\google\\$1:> | <regex:^C:\\google\\(.*)$ fileexists:M:\\meta\\$1:> | <regex:^U:\\facebook\\(.*)$ fileexists:M:\\Meta\\$1:>



Change C:\\ and U:\\ to the desired path.

[anmac1789]

Please try the following to match subfolders/files:

<regex:^C:\\google\\(.*)$ fileexists:U:\\facebook\\$1:> | <regex:^U:\\facebook\\(.*)$ fileexists:C:\\google\\$1:>



You can compare as many paths as you like.
However, the search gets complicated:

For example, add M:\meta:

<regex:^C:\\google\\(.*)$ fileexists:U:\\facebook\\$1:> | <regex:^M:\\meta\\(.*)$ fileexists:U:\\facebook\\$1:> | <regex:^U:\\facebook\\(.*)$ fileexists:C:\\google\\$1:> | <regex:^M:\\meta\\(.*)$ fileexists:C:\\google\\$1:> | <regex:^C:\\google\\(.*)$ fileexists:M:\\meta\\$1:> | <regex:^U:\\facebook\\(.*)$ fileexists:M:\\Meta\\$1:>



Change C:\\ and U:\\ to the desired path.

To clarify here's what I'm trying to do:

so for filename: IMG_20161106_215153_HDR.jpg it exists in the following paths:

"C:\Users\username\Desktop\email@gmail.com google photos\"
"U:\google takeout email@gmail.com\takeout-20230329T214336Z-001\Takeout\Google Photos\Photos from 2016\"
"U:\new shared album google photos\"
"U:\xiaomi mi cloud\Camera\"
"U:\xiaomi mi max (older version) REMOVE HERE\"
"Y:\DCIM\Camera\"

the next filename IMG_20161107_094035.jpg has the following paths:

"U:\new shared album google photos\"
"U:\xiaomi mi cloud\Camera\"
"Y:\DCIM\Camera\"

So I want to find & match only filenames which must exist in these paths only

"C:\Users\username\Desktop\email@gmail.com google photos\"
"U:\google takeout email@gmail.com\takeout-20230329T214336Z-001\Takeout\Google Photos\Photos from 2016\"
"U:\new shared album google photos\"
"U:\xiaomi mi cloud\Camera\"
"U:\xiaomi mi max (older version) REMOVE HERE\"
"Y:\DCIM\Camera\"

[void]

The easiest way of doing that in Everything is:

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"C:\Users\username\Desktop\email@gmail.com google photos\*" | "U:\google takeout email@gmail.com\takeout-20230329T214336Z-001\Takeout\Google Photos\Photos from 2016\*" | "U:\new shared album google photos\*" | "U:\xiaomi mi cloud\Camera\*" | "U:\xiaomi mi max (older version) REMOVE HERE\*" | "Y:\DCIM\Camera\*" dupe:name

[anmac1789]

The easiest way of doing that in Everything is:

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"C:\Users\username\Desktop\email@gmail.com google photos\*" | "U:\google takeout email@gmail.com\takeout-20230329T214336Z-001\Takeout\Google Photos\Photos from 2016\*" | "U:\new shared album google photos\*" | "U:\xiaomi mi cloud\Camera\*" | "U:\xiaomi mi max (older version) REMOVE HERE\*" | "Y:\DCIM\Camera\*" dupe:name

But this syntax shows filenames for which there are only 2 paths available:

"U:\xiaomi mi cloud\Camera"
"Y:\DCIM\Camera"

What I am looking for is filenames that exist in all 6 paths. Basically, "|" is for OR but I want AND notation which is supposed to be a space but 0 results found

[void]

I'm not sure how practical this is...

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< regex:"^C:\\Users\\username\\Desktop\\email@gmail.com google photos\\([^\\]*)$" fileexists:"U:\\google takeout email@gmail.com\\takeout-20230329T214336Z-001\\Takeout\\Google Photos\\Photos from 2016\\$1:" fileexists:"U:\\new shared album google photos\\$1:" fileexists:"U:\\xiaomi mi cloud\\Camera\\$1:" fileexists:"U:\\xiaomi mi max (older version) REMOVE HERE\\$1:" fileexists:"Y:\\DCIM\\Camera\\$1:"> | < regex:"^U:\\google takeout email@gmail.com\\takeout-20230329T214336Z-001\\Takeout\\Google Photos\\Photos from 2016\\([^\\]*)$" fileexists:"C:\\Users\\username\\Desktop\\email@gmail.com google photos\\$1:" fileexists:"U:\\new sharedalbum google photos\\$1:" fileexists:"U:\\xiaomi mi cloud\\Camera\\$1:" fileexists:"U:\\xiaomi mi max (older version) REMOVE HERE\\$1:" fileexists:"Y:\\DCIM\\Camera\\$1:"> | < regex:"^U:\\new shared album google photos\\([^\\]*)$" fileexists:"C:\\Users\\username\\Desktop\\email@gmail.com google photos\\$1:" fileexists:"U:\\google takeout email@gmail.com\\takeout-20230329T214336Z-001\\Takeout\\Google Photos\\Photos from 2016\\$1:" fileexists:"U:\\xiaomi mi cloud\\Camera\\$1:" fileexists:"U:\\xiaomi mi max (older version) REMOVE HERE\\$1:" fileexists:"Y:\\DCIM\\Camera\\$1:"> | < regex:"^U:\\xiaomi mi cloud\\Camera\\([^\\]*)$" fileexists:"C:\\Users\\username\\Desktop\\email@gmail.com google photos\\$1:" fileexists:"U:\\google takeout email@gmail.com\\takeout-20230329T214336Z-001\\Takeout\\Google Photos\\Photos from 2016\\$1:" fileexists:"U:\\new shared album google photos\\$1:" fileexists:"U:\\xiaomi mi max (older version) REMOVE HERE\\$1:" fileexists:"Y:\\DCIM\\Camera\\$1:"> | < regex:"^U:\\xiaomi mi max (older version) REMOVE HERE\\([^\\]*)$" fileexists:"C:\\Users\\username\\Desktop\\email@gmail.com googlephotos\\$1:" fileexists:"U:\\google takeout email@gmail.com\\takeout-20230329T214336Z-001\\Takeout\\Google Photos\\Photos from 2016\\$1:" fileexists:"U:\\new shared album google photos\\$1:" fileexists:"U:\\xiaomi mi cloud\\Camera\\$1:" fileexists:"Y:\\DCIM\\Camera\\$1:"> | < regex:"^Y:\\DCIM\\Camera\\([^\\]*)$" fileexists:"C:\\Users\\username\\Desktop\\email@gmail.com google photos\\$1:" fileexists:"U:\\google takeout email@gmail.com\\takeout-20230329T214336Z-001\\Takeout\\Google Photos\\Photos from 2016\\$1:" fileexists:"U:\\new shared album google photos\\$1:" fileexists:"U:\\xiaomi mi cloud\\Camera\\$1:" fileexists:"U:\\xiaomi mi max (older version) REMOVE HERE\\$1:">

C code to produce search:

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	int main(int,char**)
	{
		int i;
		int j;
		char *paths[6] = {
"C:\\\\Users\\\\username\\\\Desktop\\\\email@gmail.com google photos",
"U:\\\\google takeout email@gmail.com\\\\takeout-20230329T214336Z-001\\\\Takeout\\\\Google Photos\\\\Photos from 2016",
"U:\\\\new shared album google photos",
"U:\\\\xiaomi mi cloud\\\\Camera",
"U:\\\\xiaomi mi max (older version) REMOVE HERE",
"Y:\\\\DCIM\\\\Camera",
};
		
		printf("---------------\r\n");
		
		for(i=0;i<6;i++)
		{
			if (i)
			{
				printf(" | ",paths[i]);
			}

			printf("< regex:\"^%s\\\\([^\\\\]*)$\"",paths[i]);
			for(j=0;j<6;j++)
			{
				if (j != i)
				{
					printf(" fileexists:\"%s\\\\$1:\"",paths[j]);
				}
			}

			printf(">",paths[i]);
		}
		
		return 0;
	}

[anmac1789]

I'm not sure how practical this is...

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< regex:"^C:\\Users\\username\\Desktop\\email@gmail.com google photos\\([^.]*)$" fileexists:"U:\\google takeout email@gmail.com\\takeout-20230329T214336Z-001\\Takeout\\Google Photos\\Photos from 2016\\$1:" fileexists:"U:\\new shared album google photos\\$1:" fileexists:"U:\\xiaomi mi cloud\\Camera\\$1:" fileexists:"U:\\xiaomi mi max (older version) REMOVE HERE\\$1:" fileexists:"Y:\\DCIM\\Camera\\$1:"> | < regex:"^U:\\google takeout email@gmail.com\\takeout-20230329T214336Z-001\\Takeout\\Google Photos\\Photos from 2016\\([^.]*)$" fileexists:"C:\\Users\\username\\Desktop\\email@gmail.com google photos\\$1:" fileexists:"U:\\new sharedalbum google photos\\$1:" fileexists:"U:\\xiaomi mi cloud\\Camera\\$1:" fileexists:"U:\\xiaomi mi max (older version) REMOVE HERE\\$1:" fileexists:"Y:\\DCIM\\Camera\\$1:"> | < regex:"^U:\\new shared album google photos\\([^.]*)$" fileexists:"C:\\Users\\username\\Desktop\\email@gmail.com google photos\\$1:" fileexists:"U:\\google takeout email@gmail.com\\takeout-20230329T214336Z-001\\Takeout\\Google Photos\\Photos from 2016\\$1:" fileexists:"U:\\xiaomi mi cloud\\Camera\\$1:" fileexists:"U:\\xiaomi mi max (older version) REMOVE HERE\\$1:" fileexists:"Y:\\DCIM\\Camera\\$1:"> | < regex:"^U:\\xiaomi mi cloud\\Camera\\([^.]*)$" fileexists:"C:\\Users\\username\\Desktop\\email@gmail.com google photos\\$1:" fileexists:"U:\\google takeout email@gmail.com\\takeout-20230329T214336Z-001\\Takeout\\Google Photos\\Photos from 2016\\$1:" fileexists:"U:\\new shared album google photos\\$1:" fileexists:"U:\\xiaomi mi max (older version) REMOVE HERE\\$1:" fileexists:"Y:\\DCIM\\Camera\\$1:"> | < regex:"^U:\\xiaomi mi max (older version) REMOVE HERE\\([^.]*)$" fileexists:"C:\\Users\\username\\Desktop\\email@gmail.com googlephotos\\$1:" fileexists:"U:\\google takeout email@gmail.com\\takeout-20230329T214336Z-001\\Takeout\\Google Photos\\Photos from 2016\\$1:" fileexists:"U:\\new shared album google photos\\$1:" fileexists:"U:\\xiaomi mi cloud\\Camera\\$1:" fileexists:"Y:\\DCIM\\Camera\\$1:"> | < regex:"^Y:\\DCIM\\Camera\\([^.]*)$" fileexists:"C:\\Users\\username\\Desktop\\email@gmail.com google photos\\$1:" fileexists:"U:\\google takeout email@gmail.com\\takeout-20230329T214336Z-001\\Takeout\\Google Photos\\Photos from 2016\\$1:" fileexists:"U:\\new shared album google photos\\$1:" fileexists:"U:\\xiaomi mi cloud\\Camera\\$1:" fileexists:"U:\\xiaomi mi max (older version) REMOVE HERE\\$1:">

C code to produce search:

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	int main(int,char**)
	{
		int i;
		int j;
		char *paths[6] = {
"C:\\\\Users\\\\username\\\\Desktop\\\\email@gmail.com google photos",
"U:\\\\google takeout email@gmail.com\\\\takeout-20230329T214336Z-001\\\\Takeout\\\\Google Photos\\\\Photos from 2016",
"U:\\\\new shared album google photos",
"U:\\\\xiaomi mi cloud\\\\Camera",
"U:\\\\xiaomi mi max (older version) REMOVE HERE",
"Y:\\\\DCIM\\\\Camera",
};
		
		printf("---------------\r\n");
		
		for(i=0;i<6;i++)
		{
			if (i)
			{
				printf(" | ",paths[i]);
			}

			printf("< regex:\"^%s\\\\([^.]*)$\"",paths[i]);
			for(j=0;j<6;j++)
			{
				if (j != i)
				{
					printf(" fileexists:\"%s\\\\$1:\"",paths[j]);
				}
			}

			printf(">",paths[i]);
		}
		
		return 0;
	}

How do I use that C code ? lol does it have to be used within everything ?

[anmac1789]

I'm not sure why nothing is showing up. Can you give me a short version example just to see from 2 folders instead ? What options do I need to have enabled?

[therube]

Name Dup in all cases

1. Searchstring
2. Searchstring AND "/my doc"
3. Searchstring AND "/ash"
4. Searchstring AND "/my doc" OR Searchstring AND "/ash"

The < > group your ORs so that the AND works as you want it.
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[anmac1789]

Name Dup in all cases

1. Searchstring
2. Searchstring AND "/my doc"
3. Searchstring AND "/ash"
4. Searchstring AND "/my doc" OR Searchstring AND "/ash"

The < > group your ORs so that the AND works as you want it.
.
Everything searchstring in multiple paths.png

I'm not particularly trying to find all the names beforehand, but rather finding all the matching filenames in all 6 folders

[therube]

As written, leave out Searchstring, & it will search those 6 directories for duplicated names.

It is not searching for the same duplicated name in all 6 directories (necessarily), but rather any name duplicates (be they 2 or 3 or 4 or 5 or 6 matches) that are within any of the stated 6 directories.

[anmac1789]

As written, leave out Searchstring, & it will search those 6 directories for duplicated names.

It is not searching for the same duplicated name in all 6 directories (necessarily), but rather any name duplicates (be they 2 or 3 or 4 or 5 or 6 matches) that are within any of the stated 6 directories.

How do I use the AND operator “space” perhaps inside the < >

Oh I didn't want that..but are you saying to use something like this:

<path-part:"path1"|path-part:"path2"|path-part:"path3"> ??

[void]

Sorry, I didn't escape some of the paths for regex, please try:

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< regex:"^C:\\Users\\username\\Desktop\\email@gmail\.com google photos\\([^\\]*)$" fileexists:"U:\\google takeout email@gmail\.com\\takeout-20230329T214336Z-001\\Takeout\\Google Photos\\Photos from 2016\\$1:" fileexists:"U:\\new shared album google photos\\$1:" fileexists:"U:\\xiaomi mi cloud\\Camera\\$1:" fileexists:"U:\\xiaomi mi max \(older version\) REMOVE HERE\\$1:" fileexists:"Y:\\DCIM\\Camera\\$1:"> | < regex:"^U:\\google takeout email@gmail\.com\\takeout-20230329T214336Z-001\\Takeout\\Google Photos\\Photos from 2016\\([^\\]*)$" fileexists:"C:\\Users\\username\\Desktop\\email@gmail\.com google photos\\$1:" fileexists:"U:\\new shared album google photos\\$1:" fileexists:"U:\\xiaomi mi cloud\\Camera\\$1:" fileexists:"U:\\xiaomi mi max \(older version\) REMOVE HERE\\$1:" fileexists:"Y:\\DCIM\\Camera\\$1:"> | < regex:"^U:\\new shared album google photos\\([^\\]*)$" fileexists:"C:\\Users\\username\\Desktop\\email@gmail\.com google photos\\$1:" fileexists:"U:\\google takeout email@gmail\.com\\takeout-20230329T214336Z-001\\Takeout\\Google Photos\\Photos from 2016\\$1:" fileexists:"U:\\xiaomi mi cloud\\Camera\\$1:" fileexists:"U:\\xiaomi mi max \(older version\) REMOVE HERE\\$1:" fileexists:"Y:\\DCIM\\Camera\\$1:"> | < regex:"^U:\\xiaomi mi cloud\\Camera\\([^\\]*)$" fileexists:"C:\\Users\\username\\Desktop\\email@gmail\.com google photos\\$1:" fileexists:"U:\\google takeout email@gmail\.com\\takeout-20230329T214336Z-001\\Takeout\\Google Photos\\Photos from 2016\\$1:" fileexists:"U:\\new shared albumgoogle photos\\$1:" fileexists:"U:\\xiaomi mi max \(older version\) REMOVE HERE\\$1:" fileexists:"Y:\\DCIM\\Camera\\$1:"> | < regex:"^U:\\xiaomi mi max \(olderversion\) REMOVE HERE\\([^\\]*)$" fileexists:"C:\\Users\\username\\Desktop\\email@gmail\.com google photos\\$1:" fileexists:"U:\\google takeout email@gmail\.com\\takeout-20230329T214336Z-001\\Takeout\\Google Photos\\Photos from 2016\\$1:" fileexists:"U:\\new shared album google photos\\$1:" fileexists:"U:\\xiaomi mi cloud\\Camera\\$1:" fileexists:"Y:\\DCIM\\Camera\\$1:"> | < regex:"^Y:\\DCIM\\Camera\\([^\\]*)$" fileexists:"C:\\Users\\username\\Desktop\\email@gmail\.com google photos\\$1:" fileexists:"U:\\google takeout email@gmail\.com\\takeout-20230329T214336Z-001\\Takeout\\Google Photos\\Photos from 2016\\$1:" fileexists:"U:\\new shared album google photos\\$1:" fileexists:"U:\\xiaomi mi cloud\\Camera\\$1:" fileexists:"U:\\xiaomi mi max \(older version\) REMOVE HERE\\$1:">

Just two paths to see if things are working:

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< regex:"^C:\\Users\\username\\Desktop\\email@gmail\.com google photos\\([^\\]*)$" fileexists:"U:\\google takeout email@gmail\.com\\takeout-20230329T214336Z-001\\Takeout\\Google Photos\\Photos from 2016\\$1:"> | < regex:"^U:\\google takeoutemail@gmail\.com\\takeout-20230329T214336Z-001\\Takeout\\Google Photos\\Photos from 2016\\([^\\]*)$" fileexists:"C:\\Users\\username\\Desktop\\email@gmail\.com google photos\\$1:">

[anmac1789]

Sorry, I didn't escape some of the paths for regex, please try:

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< regex:"^C:\\Users\\username\\Desktop\\email@gmail\.com google photos\\([^.]*)$" fileexists:"U:\\google takeout email@gmail\.com\\takeout-20230329T214336Z-001\\Takeout\\Google Photos\\Photos from 2016\\$1:" fileexists:"U:\\new shared album google photos\\$1:" fileexists:"U:\\xiaomi mi cloud\\Camera\\$1:" fileexists:"U:\\xiaomi mi max \(older version\) REMOVE HERE\\$1:" fileexists:"Y:\\DCIM\\Camera\\$1:"> | < regex:"^U:\\google takeout email@gmail\.com\\takeout-20230329T214336Z-001\\Takeout\\Google Photos\\Photos from 2016\\([^.]*)$" fileexists:"C:\\Users\\username\\Desktop\\email@gmail\.com google photos\\$1:" fileexists:"U:\\new shared album google photos\\$1:" fileexists:"U:\\xiaomi mi cloud\\Camera\\$1:" fileexists:"U:\\xiaomi mi max \(older version\) REMOVE HERE\\$1:" fileexists:"Y:\\DCIM\\Camera\\$1:"> | < regex:"^U:\\new shared album google photos\\([^.]*)$" fileexists:"C:\\Users\\username\\Desktop\\email@gmail\.com google photos\\$1:" fileexists:"U:\\google takeout email@gmail\.com\\takeout-20230329T214336Z-001\\Takeout\\Google Photos\\Photos from 2016\\$1:" fileexists:"U:\\xiaomi mi cloud\\Camera\\$1:" fileexists:"U:\\xiaomi mi max \(older version\) REMOVE HERE\\$1:" fileexists:"Y:\\DCIM\\Camera\\$1:"> | < regex:"^U:\\xiaomi mi cloud\\Camera\\([^.]*)$" fileexists:"C:\\Users\\username\\Desktop\\email@gmail\.com google photos\\$1:" fileexists:"U:\\google takeout email@gmail\.com\\takeout-20230329T214336Z-001\\Takeout\\Google Photos\\Photos from 2016\\$1:" fileexists:"U:\\new shared albumgoogle photos\\$1:" fileexists:"U:\\xiaomi mi max \(older version\) REMOVE HERE\\$1:" fileexists:"Y:\\DCIM\\Camera\\$1:"> | < regex:"^U:\\xiaomi mi max \(olderversion\) REMOVE HERE\\([^.]*)$" fileexists:"C:\\Users\\username\\Desktop\\email@gmail\.com google photos\\$1:" fileexists:"U:\\google takeout email@gmail\.com\\takeout-20230329T214336Z-001\\Takeout\\Google Photos\\Photos from 2016\\$1:" fileexists:"U:\\new shared album google photos\\$1:" fileexists:"U:\\xiaomi mi cloud\\Camera\\$1:" fileexists:"Y:\\DCIM\\Camera\\$1:"> | < regex:"^Y:\\DCIM\\Camera\\([^.]*)$" fileexists:"C:\\Users\\username\\Desktop\\email@gmail\.com google photos\\$1:" fileexists:"U:\\google takeout email@gmail\.com\\takeout-20230329T214336Z-001\\Takeout\\Google Photos\\Photos from 2016\\$1:" fileexists:"U:\\new shared album google photos\\$1:" fileexists:"U:\\xiaomi mi cloud\\Camera\\$1:" fileexists:"U:\\xiaomi mi max \(older version\) REMOVE HERE\\$1:">

Just two paths to see if things are working:

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< regex:"^C:\\Users\\username\\Desktop\\email@gmail\.com google photos\\([^.]*)$" fileexists:"U:\\google takeout email@gmail\.com\\takeout-20230329T214336Z-001\\Takeout\\Google Photos\\Photos from 2016\\$1:"> | < regex:"^U:\\google takeoutemail@gmail\.com\\takeout-20230329T214336Z-001\\Takeout\\Google Photos\\Photos from 2016\\([^.]*)$" fileexists:"C:\\Users\\username\\Desktop\\email@gmail\.com google photos\\$1:">

Do you mind showing me a screenshot on your end to see if its working ?

I noticed that you have "email@gmail\.com" is this supposed to be like this?

This is quite frustrating... I used double \\ in the path and " " for paths with spaces and still no results. I know for a fact the 2 folders I'm comparing have over 1300 photos that share the same filename. What am I even doing wrong ? I used the exact syntax that you used

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<regex:"^C:\\Users\\username\\Desktop\\xxx@gmail.com google photos\\Photos\\([^.]*)$" fileexists:"U:\\google takeout xxx@gmail.com\\takeout-20230329T214336Z-001\\Takeout\\Google Photos\\Photos from 2016\\$1:"> | <regex:"^U:\\google takeout xxx@gmail.com\\takeout-20230329T214336Z-001\\Takeout\\Google Photos\\Photos from 2016\\([^.]*)$" fileexists:"C:\\Users\\username\\Desktop\\xxx@gmail.com google photos\\Photos\\$1:">

Any suggestions ???

[anmac1789]

I've enabled /match_end_of_filename_with_dollar_sign=1 and /match_start_of_filename_with_caret=2 from viewtopic.php?t=9795 and retried using

<regex:"^C:\\Users\\username\\Desktop\\xxx@gmail.com google photos\\Photos\\([^.]*)$" fileexists:"U:\\google takeout xxx@gmail.com\\takeout-20230329T214336Z-001\\Takeout\\Google Photos\\Photos from 2016\\$1:"> | <regex:"^U:\\google takeout xxx@gmail.com\\takeout-20230329T214336Z-001\\Takeout\\Google Photos\\Photos from 2016\\([^.]*)$" fileexists:"C:\\Users\\username\\Desktop\\xxx@gmail.com google photos\\Photos\\$1:">

it's still not showing any matching results from these 2 folders.

should path be like this: "^C:\...\\([^.]*)$" or should " " be only around the path like this ... ^"C:\...\\"([^.]*)$ ??

[therube]

(I don't have time presently, but I'd start simple.
c:/tmp/1 c:/tmp/2
put a few files in each of those directories, & see if you can get it working as you want.
And if you do, then, c:/tmp/3, c:/tmp/4... & once that is also working, then get further into your actually directories...)

[anmac1789]

(I don't have time presently, but I'd start simple.
c:/tmp/1 c:/tmp/2
put a few files in each of those directories, & see if you can get it working as you want.
And if you do, then, c:/tmp/3, c:/tmp/4... & once that is also working, then get further into your actually directories...)

I made 2 test folders with one .txt in both of those folders with the same name and it seems the problem is occurring with adding ([^.]*)$ <---

When I use a simple syntax such as

<regex:^"U:\\regex test folder 1\\"(.*)$ fileexists:"U:\\regex test folder 2\\"$1:> | <regex:^"U:\\regex test folder 2\\"(.*)$ fileexists:"U:\\regex test folder 1\\"$1:>

Then the note.txt file shows up in both directories and matches up. If I use ([^.]*)$ then nothing shows up even after rebuilding the entire C drive and U drive index. See screenshots below for proof.

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There is another problem. When extending this to the original folders, files in both folders are not showing up (also after re-indexing the database). See more screenshots below.

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As you can see here, I am trying to match the file from these 2 highlighted folders but when I use the regex command exactly the way it is above the results only show files from one of the folders, not both folders.

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Also, as a further test, when I use folders -- \regex test folder 1\ and \regex test folder 2\ and put two of the same images in each folder, everything shows the files properly in both folders, When I use folders with special characters such as ( ), Regex does not match files using this folder. I'm assuming the problem is brackets in the folder name

[anmac1789]

The problem still is that across 6 folders, duplicates are found which exist in one folders but aren't present in 5 other folders.

I'm seeing duplicate files in 3 folders, but not in the other 3 folders. I don't want this because it takes up time to look for the duplicates I actually want and it produced useless results. Only those duplicates that exist among 6 folders must show and if any file that doesn't exist in any 6 folders, must not have a result. are How can I use fileexist and regex together to only get duplicates which exist across all 6 defined folders ? and leave out any duplicates which are across 2 folders, 3 folders, etc..

[void]

My regex was a little off again, please try:

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< regex:"^C:\\Users\\username\\Desktop\\email@gmail.com google photos\\([^\\]*)$" fileexists:"U:\\google takeout email@gmail.com\\takeout-20230329T214336Z-001\\Takeout\\Google Photos\\Photos from 2016\\$1:" fileexists:"U:\\new shared album google photos\\$1:" fileexists:"U:\\xiaomi mi cloud\\Camera\\$1:" fileexists:"U:\\xiaomi mi max (older version) REMOVE HERE\\$1:" fileexists:"Y:\\DCIM\\Camera\\$1:"> | < regex:"^U:\\google takeout email@gmail.com\\takeout-20230329T214336Z-001\\Takeout\\Google Photos\\Photos from 2016\\([^\\]*)$" fileexists:"C:\\Users\\username\\Desktop\\email@gmail.com google photos\\$1:" fileexists:"U:\\new sharedalbum google photos\\$1:" fileexists:"U:\\xiaomi mi cloud\\Camera\\$1:" fileexists:"U:\\xiaomi mi max (older version) REMOVE HERE\\$1:" fileexists:"Y:\\DCIM\\Camera\\$1:"> | < regex:"^U:\\new shared album google photos\\([^\\]*)$" fileexists:"C:\\Users\\username\\Desktop\\email@gmail.com google photos\\$1:" fileexists:"U:\\google takeout email@gmail.com\\takeout-20230329T214336Z-001\\Takeout\\Google Photos\\Photos from 2016\\$1:" fileexists:"U:\\xiaomi mi cloud\\Camera\\$1:" fileexists:"U:\\xiaomi mi max (older version) REMOVE HERE\\$1:" fileexists:"Y:\\DCIM\\Camera\\$1:"> | < regex:"^U:\\xiaomi mi cloud\\Camera\\([^\\]*)$" fileexists:"C:\\Users\\username\\Desktop\\email@gmail.com google photos\\$1:" fileexists:"U:\\google takeout email@gmail.com\\takeout-20230329T214336Z-001\\Takeout\\Google Photos\\Photos from 2016\\$1:" fileexists:"U:\\new shared album google photos\\$1:" fileexists:"U:\\xiaomi mi max (older version) REMOVE HERE\\$1:" fileexists:"Y:\\DCIM\\Camera\\$1:"> | < regex:"^U:\\xiaomi mi max (older version) REMOVE HERE\\([^\\]*)$" fileexists:"C:\\Users\\username\\Desktop\\email@gmail.com googlephotos\\$1:" fileexists:"U:\\google takeout email@gmail.com\\takeout-20230329T214336Z-001\\Takeout\\Google Photos\\Photos from 2016\\$1:" fileexists:"U:\\new shared album google photos\\$1:" fileexists:"U:\\xiaomi mi cloud\\Camera\\$1:" fileexists:"Y:\\DCIM\\Camera\\$1:"> | < regex:"^Y:\\DCIM\\Camera\\([^\\]*)$" fileexists:"C:\\Users\\username\\Desktop\\email@gmail.com google photos\\$1:" fileexists:"U:\\google takeout email@gmail.com\\takeout-20230329T214336Z-001\\Takeout\\Google Photos\\Photos from 2016\\$1:" fileexists:"U:\\new shared album google photos\\$1:" fileexists:"U:\\xiaomi mi cloud\\Camera\\$1:" fileexists:"U:\\xiaomi mi max (older version) REMOVE HERE\\$1:">

( ) = capture group
[^\\] = any character except \
* match previous element zero or more times.

[anmac1789]

My regex was a little off again, please try:

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< regex:"^C:\\Users\\username\\Desktop\\email@gmail.com google photos\\([^\\]*)$" fileexists:"U:\\google takeout email@gmail.com\\takeout-20230329T214336Z-001\\Takeout\\Google Photos\\Photos from 2016\\$1:" fileexists:"U:\\new shared album google photos\\$1:" fileexists:"U:\\xiaomi mi cloud\\Camera\\$1:" fileexists:"U:\\xiaomi mi max (older version) REMOVE HERE\\$1:" fileexists:"Y:\\DCIM\\Camera\\$1:"> | < regex:"^U:\\google takeout email@gmail.com\\takeout-20230329T214336Z-001\\Takeout\\Google Photos\\Photos from 2016\\([^\\]*)$" fileexists:"C:\\Users\\username\\Desktop\\email@gmail.com google photos\\$1:" fileexists:"U:\\new sharedalbum google photos\\$1:" fileexists:"U:\\xiaomi mi cloud\\Camera\\$1:" fileexists:"U:\\xiaomi mi max (older version) REMOVE HERE\\$1:" fileexists:"Y:\\DCIM\\Camera\\$1:"> | < regex:"^U:\\new shared album google photos\\([^\\]*)$" fileexists:"C:\\Users\\username\\Desktop\\email@gmail.com google photos\\$1:" fileexists:"U:\\google takeout email@gmail.com\\takeout-20230329T214336Z-001\\Takeout\\Google Photos\\Photos from 2016\\$1:" fileexists:"U:\\xiaomi mi cloud\\Camera\\$1:" fileexists:"U:\\xiaomi mi max (older version) REMOVE HERE\\$1:" fileexists:"Y:\\DCIM\\Camera\\$1:"> | < regex:"^U:\\xiaomi mi cloud\\Camera\\([^\\]*)$" fileexists:"C:\\Users\\username\\Desktop\\email@gmail.com google photos\\$1:" fileexists:"U:\\google takeout email@gmail.com\\takeout-20230329T214336Z-001\\Takeout\\Google Photos\\Photos from 2016\\$1:" fileexists:"U:\\new shared album google photos\\$1:" fileexists:"U:\\xiaomi mi max (older version) REMOVE HERE\\$1:" fileexists:"Y:\\DCIM\\Camera\\$1:"> | < regex:"^U:\\xiaomi mi max (older version) REMOVE HERE\\([^\\]*)$" fileexists:"C:\\Users\\username\\Desktop\\email@gmail.com googlephotos\\$1:" fileexists:"U:\\google takeout email@gmail.com\\takeout-20230329T214336Z-001\\Takeout\\Google Photos\\Photos from 2016\\$1:" fileexists:"U:\\new shared album google photos\\$1:" fileexists:"U:\\xiaomi mi cloud\\Camera\\$1:" fileexists:"Y:\\DCIM\\Camera\\$1:"> | < regex:"^Y:\\DCIM\\Camera\\([^\\]*)$" fileexists:"C:\\Users\\username\\Desktop\\email@gmail.com google photos\\$1:" fileexists:"U:\\google takeout email@gmail.com\\takeout-20230329T214336Z-001\\Takeout\\Google Photos\\Photos from 2016\\$1:" fileexists:"U:\\new shared album google photos\\$1:" fileexists:"U:\\xiaomi mi cloud\\Camera\\$1:" fileexists:"U:\\xiaomi mi max (older version) REMOVE HERE\\$1:">

( ) = capture group
[^\\] = any character except \
* match previous element zero or more times.

have you tried this on your pc ?

[void]

Yes, with different paths.

[anmac1789]

Yes, with different paths.

and lets say if you delete one file from one of the folders the other folders shouldnt show that same file since its not inside one folder?

[void]

Deleting a file will not refresh the entire result list.
That would be too expensive.

You'll need to refresh your search.
This can be done by adding a space to the end of your search.

[anmac1789]

ok i see so after every deletion or addition to a folder a space after the end of the syntax is necessary or rebuild thr database ?

[void]

Changing the search is the easiest and quickest.

A rebuild will also work, but is overkill.

[anmac1789]

Changing the search is the easiest and quickest.

A rebuild will also work, but is overkill.

Ok let me try your syntax and get back to you. I see youve been busy lately lol