Command Line Search - Advanced Options
Posted: Mon May 10, 2010 9:08 pm
The following command line options can be used with both /sf and /st commands and correspond to the options available in the Search dialog when the Advanced button is pressed.
Size Options:
Attributes Options:
Date Options:
Examples:
Size Options:
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/SL:filesize Search files less than or equal to filesize
/SG:filesize Search files greater than or equal to filesize
/SE:filesize Only search files whose size if equal to filesize
"filesize" can either be a number indicating the size in bytes or it can be a number terminated by one of K, M or G to indicate that the size is in KiloBytes, MegaBytes or GigaBytes, respectively.
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/A:[RASHTCEM] Specify one or more letters after /A: to indicate what attribute you want set (or cleared)
R Read-Only
A Archive
S System
H Hidden
T Temporary
C Compressed
E Encrypted
M Alternate Data Stream
Use a 0 (zero) after the attribute letter to indicate that you want the attribute cleared. For example, /A:RD will find all read-only directories whereas /A:R0D will find all directories that are not read only.
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/DM Use Modified Date (default)
/DA Use Accessed Date
/DC Use Created Date
/DT Set "today" option
/DP:nnn Previous nnn time units
/D1:d1 /D2:d2 Dates between d1 and d2
/DI: Inverts the date search
For the /DP option, nnn can be a number indicating the amount of time in minutes or it can be a number terminated by one of M, H, D, N or Y indicating minutes, hours, days, months or years, respectively.
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V /sf /s C:\ *.mpg /sg:1g ; Find all .mpg files on C: that are at least 1GB in size
V /sf /s C:\ *.bak /a:d ; Find all directories on C:\ that end in .bak
V /sf * /a:r0 ; Find all files (or directories) in the current directory that are not read-only
V /sf /s /dt C:\ *.cpp ; Find all files on C: that were modified today
V /sf /s /dc /dp:1h C:\ *.bak ; Find all .bak files on C: that were created in the last hour
V /sf /s /d1:01/01/2009 /d2:01/31/2009 C:\ *.cpp ; Find all .cpp files on C:\ that were last modified in January 2009