Sort files within folders by their age while displaying the folder

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Maybe
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Sort files within folders by their age while displaying the folder

Post by Maybe »

Hi there,

I would like to sort files within folders by their age while displaying the folders. So far, I've only managed to display the folders using the function regex:ch ild:<filename> to show where the file is located, but then I can only sort that particular folder by date. I need this in order to copy all folders containing a file older than 2017 and then cut out the entire folder.

Greetings from Germany
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void
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Re: Sort files within folders by their age while displaying the folder

Post by void »

To do this in Everything 1.4:
  • In Everything 1.4, search for:
    dm:>=2017
  • From the File menu, click Export....
  • Change Save as type to: EFU Everything File List.
  • Choose a filename and click Save.
  • From the File menu, click Open File List...
  • Select the saved file list from above and click Open.
  • Change your search to:
    folder:


Everything doesn't have a method to sort the folders by the latest child date modified.



To do this in Everything 1.5:
  • In Everything 1.5, search for:
    childdm:>=2017


To list the last modified file (on or after 2017) from each folder in Everything 1.5:
dm:>=2017 distinctsort:path;dm distinct:path sort:dm
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