The Find internal command can be used to:
Command Arguments:
Argument |
Type |
Possible values |
Description |
---|---|---|---|
(no argument) |
- |
- |
Display the Find Panel. It will open in whichever mode you last used
it. |
ADVANCED |
/S |
(no value) |
Display the Find Panel in Advanced
mode. |
ARCHIVES |
/S |
(no value) |
Search inside archive files (when the Find Files function is being
automated). |
CLEAR |
/O |
(no value) |
Clear previous results (when the Find Files function is being
automated). The output file collection will be cleared before the new Find
begins. |
|
|
no |
Do not clear previous
results. |
COLLNAME |
/K |
<collection name> |
Specify the name of the file collection that results are added to. If
not supplied the default collections (Find Results and
Duplicate Files) are
used. |
COMPUTERS |
/S |
(no value) |
Launch the Windows Search for Computers function (depending on
your version of Windows, this may have no
effect). |
CONTAINING |
/K |
<search text> |
Specify text to search for (when the Find Files function is being
automated). |
DELMODE |
/S |
(no value) |
When automating the Duplicate File Finder, activates "delete mode" -
once duplicates have been identified, the second and subsequent of each
duplicate group will be automatically selected, ready for
deletion. |
DUPES |
/S |
(no value) |
Automates the Duplicate File
Finder. |
FILTER |
/S |
(no value) |
Indicates that the value of the NAME argument is the
name of a pre-defined
filter. This lets you automate more complex searches than just those
based on filename and containing
text. |
|
/S |
(no value) |
Automates a search using the Google Desktop Search engine (if installed). The
NAME argument provides the search string. If Find Files
is not being automated, displays the find panel in Google Desktop Search
mode. |
IN |
/K/M |
<search location> ... |
Specify the folder or folders to search in when automating a search.
Remember that if the paths contain a space you must enclose the value in
quotes. |
LOADPREV |
/K |
no |
Disable the loading of previous find settings when the Find panel
opens. By default, the Find panel will remember its previous settings when
it opens unless it has been invoked via an automated search (i.e with both
IN and NAME arguments specified). Use
this argument to prevent the command ever remembering its previous
settings. |
|
|
yes |
Force the Find panel to load its previous settings even when
opened by an automated search. This does not restore multiple search
paths, however - LOADPREV=all must be specified for
that. |
|
|
all |
Forces the Find panel to remember its previous settings, and also
restores all paths that were previously listed in the search
list. |
MD5 |
/S |
(no value) |
Search for duplicates using the MD5 checksum (used with the
DUPES argument). The default behaviour is to search based
on filename and size. |
NAME |
|
<filename> |
Specify the filename or wildcard pattern to search for. To automate the
Find Files function you must specify both the NAME
argument, and the location to search using the IN
argument. |
NAMEONLY |
/S |
(no value) |
Search for duplicates based on filename only (used with the DUPES
argument). The default behaviour is to search based on filename and
size. |
NOAUTORUN |
/S |
(no value) |
Normally when both the NAME and IN
arguments are provided, the Find Files operation begins automatically. To
prevent this, specify the NOAUTORUN argument as
well. |
OF |
/K/M |
<file to match> ... |
Specifies one or more files to search for duplicates of. If you don't
use this argument, all duplicate files in the specified locations will be
found. Remember that if the file path you are providing contains spaces,
you must enclose the value in
quotes. |
QUERY |
/K |
<query string> |
Performs a search in the specified location using the Windows Search system.
|
RECURSE |
/O |
(no value) |
When automating the Find Files and Duplicate File Finder functions, the
search will extend into sub-folders below the specified
locations. |
|
|
no |
Prevent the search from extending into
sub-folders. |
SAVEQUERY |
/S |
(no value) |
When you are currently viewing the results of a Windows Search query, this command will save
the search as a stored query
collection. |
SHOWRESULTS |
/K |
source |
Display the results of the automated search in the current source file
display or Lister. |
|
|
dest |
Display the results in the destination file
display. |
|
|
tab |
Display the results in a new tab. You can combine this with the
source or dest
arguments. |
SIMPLE |
/S |
(no value) |
Display the Find Panel in simple
mode. |