Create efu file from word list with misspelled words

[Joelmo]

Hello,
I have thousands of *.docx files on an external hard drive. Many of these filenames contain a word that is misspelled.

I exported these filenames in Everything to a *.efu list via file→export. I converted than the *.efu file to a *.txt file and imported this *.txt file into Notetab Light →created there a word list from all these files via File →Open →Tools →Text statistics→Word Frequency.

I copied this word list to the clipboard and pasted it into Excel. There I colored the cells containing a misspelled word red by clicking on the cell with the following macro:

Private Sub Worksheet_BeforeDoubleClick(ByVal Target As Range, Cancel As Boolean)
Cancel = True
Target.Interior.ColorIndex = 3
End Sub

Private Sub Worksheet_BeforeRightClick(ByVal Target As Range, Cancel As Boolean)
Cancel = True
Target.Interior.ColorIndex = 4
End Sub

I sorted the list in excel by color and got a list of all misspelled words.

Is it possible to create a *.efu file from this word list with misspelled words (which does not contain any path information) by adding wildcards for the path, which then shows me in Everything only the file names that contain a misspelled word.

In this way misspelled filenames could be found and corrected much faster.

Thank you so much in advance!

[void]

The easiest way for Everything 1.4 is to change your newline op to OR and paste the word list into your search box:

• Copy and paste the following into your Everything search box:
  /paste_new_line_op=1
• Press ENTER in your Everything search box.
• If successful, paste_new_line_op=1 is shown in the status bar for a few seconds.
• Paste your word list into the Everything Search box.

paste_new_line_op



For example:

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Miniscule
Sargent
Liason
Protestor
Supercede

Copying the above word list and pasting into the search box should set your search to:
<Miniscule>|<Sargent>|<Liason>|<Protestor>|<Supercede>



Searching with filelists doesn't really work because the whole filename is matched.
I am assuming you want partial searches.



The newline op defaults to OR in Everything 1.5, so you can just paste the word list straight into the search box.
There's also file lists slots in Everything 1.5.

[Joelmo]

Oh wow ... as you described .... I just pasted the list with the misspelled
words in Everything 15a .... the full file names appeared ....
it worked fantastically ... you saved me an incredible amount of work ....
Thanks a lot ... really great !!!!!