sizedupe: function

[salazor]

I'm trying to find all the compressed duplicates of the same size, so I type

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sizedupe: zip:

and the function works properly, but in results there are several positions that do not have a pair of (duplicate)

[therube]

sizedupe: (or dupe:) find a duplicates irrespective of other filtering.

When you filter using sizedupe: (or dupe:) you are only filtering what is displayed rather then what was found.

sizedupe: says to find all files that are duplicates by file size.

sizedupe: zip: says to find all files that are duplicate by file size, but instead of showing all those files to me, only display those that are "zip" files.

So if your returned results for |sizedupe: zip:| are:

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1024000 bytes       megaupload.zip
1024000 bytes       megashort.zip
1048576 bytes       trueupload.zip

What that means is that there are some other file(s) out there, that are 1048576 bytes, that happen not to be a "zip" files.

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1048576 bytes       AGREP.EXE
1048576 bytes       bookmarks.html

If you remove zip: from your search, sort by size, then check the results you'll find the duplicate sized files, one of which is a zip: & others that are !zip:

[salazor]

I thought so, but I wanted to be sure. I wonder if could be do to search using the filter, and not only see the results.

[salazor]

David - or you can do so Everything using the filter eg: zip: also when searching?

[void]

I have plans to add a view to show duplicated results.

For now Everything must search the entire database (not the current results) for performance reasons.

Please try exporting to an efu file list and using sizedupe: on the exported file list:

• In Everything, search for zip:
• From the File menu, click Export....
• Export to an Everything file list.
• Open this file list in Everything and search for sizedupe:

[salazor]

David - thanks for the hint, it works very well.