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Un forum care ofera solutii pentru unele probleme legate in general de PC. Pe langa solutii, aici puteti gasi si alte lucruri interesante // A forum that offers solutions to some PC related issues. Besides these, here you can find more interesting stuff.
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keywords: search files command prompt CMD
This seems much faster than regular Windows search if you are looking for a specific file:
| where /r C:\ filename.ext |
/r — recursive search
C:\ — starting directory
filename.ext — full or partial file name
🔸 Example: where /r C:\ notepad.exe
Cancel any command that is running with CTRL+C in cmd window.
The ones below have limitations.
Check post #3 in this topic for advanced searching with default Windows Search.
🔍 1. Search with Wildcards
/s - search subdirectories
/b - bare output (just paths)
🔸 Example: dir /s /b *.apk
🔎 2. Find File Content with findstr
| findstr /s /i /n "someText" *.txt |
/s - recursive
/i - case-insensitive
/n - shows line numbers
🔸 Example: Search for "main" inside .java files: findstr /s /i "main" *.java
🔎3. You can even combine with search with wildcards
| dir /s /b *.smali | findstr "Constantes" |
🔎 4. Use forfiles to Find by Date/Size
| forfiles /p "C:\Projects" /s /m *.apk /d -7 |
/p - path
/s - recurse
/m - file mask
/d -7 - modified in last 7 days
🔎 5. Use PowerShell for More Power
Find all .xml files containing android:label:
| Get-ChildItem -Recurse -Filter *.xml | Select-String "android:label" |
Find all .xlsx files:
| Get-ChildItem -Recurse -Include *.xlsx -Path C:\ -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue |
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For non-txt files the above from 2 causes errors (Cannot open for PDF and sometimes for some DOC files).
For doc files it tries to bring text from those files, filling cmd with paragraphs and other unknown characters.
The following command will list only the paths of the files, but for PDFs it still says "Cannot open".
| findstr /s /m /i "periculoase" *.* |
/s - recurse into subfolders
/m - only print the filename of files containing the match
/i - case-insensitive
PowerShell - better option
will search doc, docx, xls, xlsx just fine, but will not search inside PDF files
Get-ChildItem -Recurse -File |
Where-Object {
try {
Select-String -Path $_.FullName -Pattern "periculoase" -Quiet
} catch {
$false
}
} |
Select-Object -ExpandProperty FullName |
or the same but as a one-liner
| Get-ChildItem -Recurse -File | Where-Object {try {Select-String -Path $_.FullName -Pattern "periculoase" -Quiet} catch {$false}} | Select-Object -ExpandProperty FullName |
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Under Windows, is best to use the advanced operators available for the native search function/field in Explorer.
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📄 WINDOWS EXPLORER SEARCH - CHEAT SHEET
(for Windows 10 & 11)
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📝 Basic Search Operators
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✅ Search in file content:
content:periculoase
content:"substante periculoase"
✅ Search by file name:
name:report
✅ Search for exact phrase in file names:
"exact phrase"
✅ Use wildcards:
report*.docx
*.txt
✅ Logical operators (must be UPPERCASE):
dog OR cat
dog AND cat
dog NOT cat
✅ Exclude files:
NOT *.pdf
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📂 File Type and Kind
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✅ Search specific extensions:
*.txt
*.docx
*.pdf
✅ Search by kind of file:
kind:=document
kind:=picture
kind:=music
kind:=video
kind:=email
✅ Search by type (uses metadata):
type:pdf
type:jpeg
type:word
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📅 Date Filters
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✅ Modified date:
datemodified:>=01/01/2024
datemodified:this week
datemodified:last month
datemodified:>=2024-06-01 <=2024-06-30
✅ Created date:
datecreated:yesterday
datecreated:this year
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📏 Size Filters
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✅ File size:
size:>10MB
size:<1MB
size:500KB..10MB
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🧪 Combined Example
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content:invoice type:pdf datemodified:this year size:<5MB
→ PDFs under 5MB, modified this year, containing “invoice”.
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🔗 Shortcuts & Tips
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📌 Jump to Search Bar:
Ctrl + E or F3
📌 Use the SEARCH tab in Explorer ribbon to:
- Filter by Kind, Date Modified, Size, etc.
- Save searches for later use.
📌 Searching indexed locations (Documents, Desktop) is faster.
📌 Add more folders to be indexed in:
Control Panel → Indexing Options
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🌟 Notes
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🔷 `content:` can search inside PDFs & Office files
— if the appropriate iFilter is installed
— usually installed with Office & Adobe Reader
🔷 Searching unindexed folders may be slow.
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EXAMPLES
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📄 Find all PDFs modified this year that contain "budget":
content:budget type:pdf datemodified:this year
📄 Find all documents larger than 10 MB:
kind:=document size:>10MB
📄 Find all Word or Excel files NOT containing "draft":
(type:docx OR type:xlsx) NOT content:draft
📄 Find pictures created last month:
kind:=picture datecreated:last month
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💡 Tip: You can save search queries by clicking
"Save Search" in the SEARCH tab.
Source: ChatGPT
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