Multi-file search, thousands

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cool.leeward
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Multi-file search, thousands

Post by cool.leeward »

Hello everyone, I have 80 million jpg files and I want to find 30 thousand files among these files.
The file names I want to search are 1234, 34234, 45943. The searched file names are dsf_3245.jpg, fg_1234_sf_jpg. like
I do this with rgex, but it supports up to 300 filenames and more program crashes.
Do I have a chance to write these file names in a txt file and search 30 thousand files at the same time?
void
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Re: Multi-file search, thousands

Post by void »

Could you please send a mini crash dump when Everything crashes?

Everything 1.5 will have file list slots, allowing you to search for millions of filenames.



To export filenames from Everything:
  • In Everything, from the File menu, click Export....
  • Change save as type to TXT Text Files (*.txt)
  • Choose a filename and click Save.
cool.leeward
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Re: Multi-file search, thousands

Post by cool.leeward »

freezes during deletion.
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cool.leeward
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Re: Multi-file search, thousands

Post by cool.leeward »

where should i send the dump file
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Re: Multi-file search, thousands

Post by NotNull »

As said in the mini crash dump link: to support@voidtools.com
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Re: Multi-file search, thousands

Post by void »

Thank you for the mini crash dumps cool.leeward,

Both dumps show Everything building an IShellItem for each filename to be used with a system call to IFileOperation.
This will take a very long time if you are deleting 10,000+ files.

Everything should unfreeze once this is done.
I put on my TODO list to show a progress bar if this takes longer than 1 second..
cool.leeward
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Re: Multi-file search, thousands

Post by cool.leeward »

Thanks for the quick reply.

I think it's not the wipe feature of windows, it is necessary for "everything" like "total commander" to use its own wipe module.

I believe you can do this in the best way possible.
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