everything-search

Everything ultra-fast file search (Windows)

Use Everything (voidtools) to perform millisecond-level full-disk file searches on Windows. Hundreds of times faster than Windows Search, with real-time updates based on the NTFS index.

Use cases

• The user says "help me find that XX file" or "is there a file called XX on my computer"
• Need to quickly filter by file type, size, or modification date
• Need to search for specific content across the entire disk
• Need to find duplicate or scattered files before organizing the desktop

Command reference (ES command line)

Basic search

# 按文件名搜索
es "季度报告"

Search for a specific extension

es "*.xlsx"

Search within a specific directory

es "path:C:\Users%USERNAME%\Documents *.pdf"

### 通配符和正则

```powershell
# 通配符搜索
es "报告_202*.xlsx"

# 正则搜索
es -regex "报告_\d{4}Q[1-4]\.xlsx"

# 文件名包含多个关键词（AND）
es "报告 季度 2025"

Filter by attributes

# 按大小过滤（大于 100MB 的文件）
es "size:>100mb"

# 按修改时间（最近 7 天）
es "dm:last7days"

# 按修改时间（指定日期范围）
es "dm:2025-01-01..2025-06-30"

# 按文件类型
es "ext:pdf;docx;xlsx"

# 组合过滤：Documents 目录下最近修改的大文件
es "path:Documents size:>10mb dm:lastweek"

Sorting and limiting

# 按大小降序（找大文件）
es "ext:mp4;mkv;avi" -sort-size-descending -n 20

# 按修改时间降序（找最近的文件）
es "*.docx" -sort-date-modified-descending -n 10

# 只输出完整路径
es "*.pdf" -path-column

Advanced search

# 查找重复文件名
es "dupe:"

# 查找空文件夹
es "empty:"

# 查找特定父目录
es "parent:Downloads *.zip"

# 排除目录
es "*.py" "!path:node_modules" "!path:.git"

Statistics

# 统计某类文件数量和总大小
es "ext:jpg;png;gif" -size -n 0 | Measure-Object -Property Length -Sum

PowerShell fallback (when Everything is not installed)

# 使用 Windows 内置搜索（较慢但无需安装）
Get-ChildItem -Path "C:\Users\$env:USERNAME" -Recurse -Filter "*.pdf" -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue |
    Select-Object Name, FullName, Length, LastWriteTime |
    Sort-Object LastWriteTime -Descending |
    Select-Object -First 20

Output specifications

• Search result display: file name, full path, size (human-readable), modification time
• When there are more than 20 results, display only the first 20 + the total count
• Large file search results include a size ranking
• Provide a shortcut action to "open the containing folder in Explorer"

Safety rules

• Read-only operations: only search and display, do not delete or move
• Results for system directories (C:\Windows) are collapsed by default unless the user explicitly requests them