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es — Command-line interface for Everything, a fast file and folder search tool for Windows. Requires Ever

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Problem

How to use the es command: Command-line interface for Everything, a fast file and folder search tool for Windows. Requires Everything to be installed and running in the background. More information: <https://www.voidtools.com/support/everything/command_line_interface/>.

Solution

es — Command-line interface for Everything, a fast file and folder search tool for Windows. Requires Everything to be installed and running in the background. More information: <https://www.voidtools.com/support/everything/command_line_interface/>.

Search for a file or folder by name:
es {{search_term}}


Search using a regex:
es -r {{regex}}


Match whole words:
es -w {{search_term}}


Limit the number of results shown:
es -n {{10}} {{search_term}}


Search within a specific folder:
es -path {{folder_path}} {{search_term}}


List folders only:
es /ad


List files only:
es /a-d


Sort results (e.g., by name):
es -sort {{name-ascending}}

Code Snippets

Search for a file or folder by name

es {{search_term}}

Search using a `regex`

es -r {{regex}}

Match whole words

es -w {{search_term}}

Limit the number of results shown

es -n {{10}} {{search_term}}

Search within a specific folder

es -path {{folder_path}} {{search_term}}

Context

tldr-pages: windows/es

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