14 KiB
Ejemplos:
ext:docx pathpart:Entregar\ pathpart:"C:\Trabajo\SIDEL\" !pathpart:"C:\Trabajo\SIDEL\00 - "
*.doc dm:>1/1/2025 pathpart:COMESSE <pathpart:COMESSE\2-Work | pathpart:COMESSE\3-Per | pathpart:COMESSE\4-Archiv | pathpart:COMESSE\0-Stand | pathpart:COMESSE\5-In | pathpart:COMESSE\3-Comme | pathpart:COMESSE\4-Comme | pathpart:COMESSE\1-Trasferte>
pathpart:SAE087 *.jpg dc:<1/1/2007
Operadores booleanos básicos
-
AND → espacio entre términos.
presupuesto 2024
→ devuelve nombres que contengan presupuesto y 2024. voidtools.com -
OR → barra vertical
|
.
pdf|docx
→ extensiones PDF o DOCX. voidtools.com -
NOT → exclamación
!
.
!borrador
→ excluye resultados que contengan borrador. voidtools.com
Tip: si prefieres escribir
AND
,OR
yNOT
literalmente, activa Tools → Options → Search → Allow literal operators. (Útil, pero puede chocar con nombres de archivo que contienen esas palabras). voidtools.com+1
Agrupar condiciones
-
Usa ángulos
< >
para agrupar:
<pdf|docx> contrato
→ archivos PDF o DOCX cuyo nombre incluya contrato. voidtools.com -
(Opcional) Paréntesis
( )
: existe la opción Allow round bracket grouping; puede dar conflictos y en versiones recientes 1.5 se ha ido retirando. Mejor quédate con< >
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Precedencia: si notas resultados raros con
|
, ajusta Tools → Options → Search → Operator precedence y pon AND > OR. voidtools.com
Comodines y frases
-
*
(cualquier cadena) y?
(un carácter).
Ej.:e*g
,*.??
(extensiones de 2 letras). voidtools.com -
Comillas
" "
para mantener espacios:"estado del arte"
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Funciones de búsqueda muy útiles (combinables con AND/OR/NOT)
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Por extensión:
ext:jpg;png
(lista separada por ;) → mejor que*.jpg|*.png
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Por tipo:
type:video
,type:document
, etc. voidtools.com -
Por carpeta:
infolder:"C:\Users\TuUsuario\Downloads"
o simplemente escribeC:\Users\TuUsuario\Downloads\
y activa Match Path si lo necesitas. voidtools.com+1 -
Fecha (modificados):
dm:today
,dm:last7days
,dm:2024-01-01..2024-12-31
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Tamaño: admite sufijos y rangos:
size:>100mb
,size:10mb..100mb
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Contenido del archivo:
content:"palabra clave"
(requiere/usa el índice de contenido; está pensado para ≤1 GB de texto). voidtools.com+1 -
Otras muy prácticas:
empty:
(carpetas vacías),dupe:
(duplicados),parent:<ruta>
,width:/height:
para imágenes. voidtools.com
Ejemplos listos para copiar
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PDF o DOCX modificados la última semana en Descargas, que no sean borradores
infolder:"C:\Users\TuUsuario\Downloads" <ext:pdf;docx> dm:last7days !borrador
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Imágenes JPG o PNG cuyo nombre contenga “contrato”
<ext:jpg;png> contrato
o<*.jpg|*.png> contrato
(menos eficiente). voidtools.com -
Vídeos grandes (≥1 GB) que contengan “proyecto”
type:video size:>1gb proyecto
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Importante sobre Regex
Si activas Regex (menú Search o prefijo regex:
), anula esta sintaxis: los operadores/wildcards normales no funcionan igual y debes escapar |
y el espacio con comillas. Úsalo solo cuando realmente necesites expresiones regulares. voidtools.com
Operators:
space AND
| OR
! NOT
< > Grouping
" " Escape operator characters.
Wildcard matching:
* Matches zero or more characters (except \).
** Matches zero or more characters.
? Matches one character (except \).
The whole filename is matched when using a wildcard.
Character entities:
&sp: Literal space ( )
&vert: Literal vertical line (|)
&excl: Literal exclamation mark (!)
<: Literal less than (<)
>: Literal greater than (>)
": Literal double quote (")
&#<n>: Literal unicode character <n> in decimal.
&#x<n>: Literal unicode character <n> in hexadecimal.
Macros:
audio: Search for audio files.
zip: Search for compressed files.
doc: Search for document files.
exe: Search for executable files.
image: Search for image files.
video: Search for video files.
Modifiers:
binary: Match as a byte stream, \\ = \ \xff = hex byte.
case: Match case.
diacritics: Match diacritical marks.
endwith: Match the end of the filename or property.
file: Match files only.
folder: Match folders only.
hex: Convert double hex characters to bytes.
highlight: Highlight the search term.
ignorepunc: Ignore punctuation in the filename or property.
ignorews: Ignore white space in the filename or property.
len: Match the length of the filename or property in UTF-16 characters.
metric: Use metric prefixes for sizes.
fromdisk: Search for properties and content from disk.
tonumber: Convert text to a number for comparison
path: Match path and filename.
prefix: Match the start of a word.
regex: Enable regular expressions.
startwith: Match the start of the filename or property.
suffix: Match the end of a word.
tostring: Convert property to the display string for comparison
whole: Match the whole filename or property.
ww: Match whole words only.
wildcards: Enable content wildcards.
Disable a modifier with the no prefix.
Modifers can be combined and used with search functions.
Prefix a modifier with :: to enable it globally.
wildcards: search modifier syntax:
* Matches any character zero or more times.
? Matches any single character.
# Matches any single digit (0-9).
[ ] Matches any one of the characters specified in the set.
[! ] Matches any one character that is not specified in the set.
\ Escape the following character.
Functions:
album: Search for media files where the album property contains the specified text.
ancestor: Search for files and folders where an ancestor matches the specified path.
artist: Search for media files where the artist property contains the specified text.
attrib: Search for files and folders where the attributes include all the specified flags.
bitdepth: Search for media files where the bit depth property matches the specified number.
child: Search for folders where the filename of a child contains the specified text.
childcount: Search for folders where the number of subfolders and files matches the specified count.
childfilecount: Search for folders where the number of files matches the specified count.
childfoldercount: Search for folders where the number of subfolders matches the specified count.
comment: Search for media files where the comment property contains the specified text.
content: Search for files where the content contains the specified text.
count: Limit the number of results to the specified count.
da: Search for files and folders where the date accessed matches the specified date.
dc: Search for files and folders where the date created matches the specified date.
depth: Search for files and folders where the number of parents matches the specified count.
dimensions: Search for media files where the dimensions property matches the specified width x height.
dm: Search for files and folders where the date modified matches the specified date.
dr: Search for files and folders where the date run matches the specified date.
dupe: Search for files and folders where the values of the specified property type are duplicated.
empty: Search for folders where the number of subfolders and files is zero.
ext: Search for files where the extension is in the specified semicolon delimited list.
filelist: Search for files and folders where the filename is in the specified semicolon delimited list.
filelistfilename: Search for files and folders where the filename of the owning file list contains the specified text.
frn: Search for files and folders where the File Reference Number matches the specified number.
genre: Search for media files where the genre property contains the specified text.
height: Search for media files where the height property matches the specified number in pixels.
indextype: Search for files and folders where the index type property contains the specified text.
length: Search for media files where the length property matches the specified duration.
name: Search for files and folders where the name part contains the specified text.
orientation: Search for media files where the aspect ratio property is landscape or portrait.
parent: Search for files and folders where the parent matches the specified path.
pathpart: Search for files and folders where the path part contains the specified text.
root: Search for files and folders with no parent folder.
runcount: Search for files and folders where the run count property matches the specified number.
si: Search the system index with the specified advanced query syntax.
size: Search for files and folders where the size matches the specified number of bytes.
stem: Search for files and folders where the name without extension contains the specified text.
title: Search for media files where the title property contains the specified text.
track: Search for media files where the track property matches the specified number.
type: Search for files and folders where the type matches the specified text.
width: Search for media files where the width property matches the specified number in pixels.
Function Syntax:
function:value Equal to value within the specified granularity.
function:<=value Less than or equal to value.
function:<value Less than value.
function:=value Exactly equal to value.
function:==value Exactly equal to value.
function:>value Greater than value.
function:>=value Greater than or equal to value.
function:!=value Not equal to value.
function:!value Not equal to value with specified granularity.
function:start..end Is in the range of values from start to end (inclusive).
function:start-end Is in the range of values from start to end (inclusive).
function:<value1 value2> Matches value1 AND value2
function:<value1 | value2> Matches value1 OR value2
function:value1;value2 Matches value1 OR value2
Size Syntax:
size[kb|mb|gb]
Size Constants:
empty
tiny 0 KB < size <= 10 KB
small 10 KB < size <= 100 KB
medium 100 KB < size <= 1 MB
large 1 MB < size <= 16 MB
huge 16 MB < size <= 128 MB
gigantic size > 128 MB
unknown
Duration Syntax:
[[[DD:]HH:]MM:]SS[.sss]
[<n><d|day|days>][<n><h|hour|hours>][<n><m|min|mins|minute|minutes>][<n><s|sec|secs|second|seconds>]
P[n]Y[n]M[n]DT[n]H[n]M[n]S
P[n]W
PYYYYMMDDThhmmss
P[YYYY]-[MM]-[DD]T[hh]:[mm]:[ss]
Duration Constants:
very-short Under 1 minute
short 1 - 5 minutes
medium 5 - 30 minutes
long 30 - 60 minutes
very-long Over 60 minutes
unknown
Date Syntax:
year
month/year or year/month depending on locale settings
day/month/year, month/day/year or year/month/day depending on locale settings
YYYY[-MM[-DD[Thh[:mm[:ss[.sss]]]]]]
YYYYMMDD[Thh[mm[ss[.sss]]]]]
YYMMDD
FILETIME (>99999999)
Date Constants:
today
yesterday
<last|current|this|coming|next><year|month|week>
<last|coming|next><x><years|months|weeks|days|hours|minutes|mins|seconds|secs>
past[x]<year[s]|month[s]|week[s]|day[s]|hour[s]|minute[s]|min[s]|second[s]|sec[s]>
<prev|previous>[x]<year[s]|month[s]|week[s]>
january|february|march|april|may|june|july|august|september|october|november|december
jan|feb|mar|apr|may|jun|jul|aug|sep|oct|nov|dec
sunday|monday|tuesday|wednesday|thursday|friday|saturday
sun|mon|tue|wed|thu|fri|sat
mtd|ytd
unknown
Attribute Constants:
A Archive
C Compressed
D Directory
E Encrypted
H Hidden
I Not content indexed
L Reparse point
M Recall on data access
N Normal
O Offline
P Pinned
R Read only
S System
T Temporary
U Unpinned
V Integrity stream
X No scrub data
Filename parts:
Full Path C:\folder\file.txt
Name file.txt
Path C:\folder
Stem file
Extension txt
Examples:
size:>50mb Search for files and folders where the size is larger than 50 MB.
size:10mb..50mb Search for files and folders where the size is between 10 MB and 50 MB.
size:<1mb Search for files and folders where the size is smaller than 1 MB.
dm:today Search for files and folders where the date modified is today.
dm:>2022 Search for files and folders where the date modified is after 2022.
dm:2021-07..2022-06 Search for files and folders where the date modified is between July 2021 and June 2022.
dm:<2020 Search for files and folders where the date modified is before 2020.
ext:jpg;png Search for files where the extension matches jpg or png.
attrib:h Search for files and folders where the attributes contain the hidden flag.
length:>1hour Search for media files where the length is longer than 1 hour.
length:10mins..30mins Search for media files where the length is between 10 minutes and 30 minutes.
length:<1min Search for media files where the length is less than 1 minute.
content:abc Search for files where the content contains abc.
content:<abc 123> Search for files where the content contains abc AND 123.
regex:content:^foo Search for files where the content starts with foo.