Finding files in certain folders

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nufu
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Finding files in certain folders

Post by nufu »

Hi all,

I have been clearing out our server of old folders and their contents, but now I need to be able to delete just the contents inside of folders that Everything finds.

Is it possible to get Everything to search for a folder (ie. named Temp), but just list the files in that folder, and not the folder itself? (usually just a jpg of tif)

Then hopefully I should be able to delete all the files that have been found whilst leaving the Main folder intact.

Thanks for any pointers!
NotNull
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Re: Finding files in certain folders

Post by NotNull »

If you want just the contents of a folder, you could add a "\" at the end of the foldername, like:

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c:\MyFolder\
If you also don't want to see subfolders in C:\MyFolder, try:

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file: c:\MyFolder
That way you get just the files.

If your foldername contains spaces, put the complete path between double quotes: file: "c:\My Folder"
nufu
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Re: Finding files in certain folders

Post by nufu »

Perfect, thanks!
Stamimail
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Re: Finding files in certain folders

Post by Stamimail »

If you also don't want to see subfolders
Search for files and folders in the specified path, excluding subfolders:
parent:<path>
infolder:<path>
nosubfolders:<path>
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