How to List Filenames Containing Non-ASCII Characters

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raywood
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How to List Filenames Containing Non-ASCII Characters

Post by raywood »

A previous thread (viewtopic.php?t=10380) (sorry, not sure how to use URL tags here) seems to say I can get a list of filenames using regex:[^\x00-\x7f]. I think I was previously having success with this command in Windows:

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everything -search D: regex:[^\x00-\x7f]
But now, when I run that, I get this:
Unable to open file list: regex:[\x00-x7f] is not a valid file list.
I recently updated Everything. Did it change, or is there something wrong with my command?
TIA.
void
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Re: How to List Filenames Containing Non-ASCII Characters

Post by void »

Please try the following call:

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everything -search "D: regex:[^\x00-\x7f]"
Use double quotes to escape the space.
raywood
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Re: How to List Filenames Containing Non-ASCII Characters

Post by raywood »

Bingo! That worked. Thank you!
raccoon
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Re: How to List Filenames Containing Non-ASCII Characters

Post by raccoon »

Change x00 to x20 if you want to discover filenames containing ascii control codes. Change x7f to x7e to discover the backspace ctrl code.
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