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The File History search functions accept the same search terms plus it has a few extra ones unique to File History searches. |
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For advanced users; the File History search functions will also accept SQL statements, more on that later. |
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Xinorbis has a powerful search system that allows detailed filtering of all files from the previous scan. The filtering commands are not case sensitive, so (size>100k) is the same as (SIZE>100K). |
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Filtering by name |
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A simple "or" search, find files with the words city or java in the path; |
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A simple "and" search, find files with the words city and java in the path; |
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Combining and with or, find files that contain city and java or aardvark in the path; |
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Filtering by size |
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Limit the search results to files with sizes less than or equal to 100k; |
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Limit the search results to files with sizes greater than or equal to 100k; |
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Limit the search results to files with sizes greater than or equal to 100k and less than 1 megabyte; |
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When using the "size>" or "size<" function you have four options for units; |
 blank, this is interpreted as bytes (i.e. everything above 500 bytes in size) |
  k, this is interpreted as kilobytes (i.e. everything above 500 kilobytes in size) |
  mb, this is interpreted as megabytes (i.e. everything above 1 megabyte in size) |
  gb, this is interpreted as gigabytes (i.e. everything above 1 gigabyte in size) |
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Filtering by date |
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Each of the date search functions can be used with with dd/mm/yyyy or yyyymmdd. |
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For files with created dates greater than or equal to 30/10/2005; |
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For files with created dates earlier than or equal to 30/10/2005; |
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For files with created dates of 30/10/2005 only |
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Replace date with; mdate to filter by file modified date or adate to filter by file accessed date. |
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Filtering by category |
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Add the following keywords to further filter your results by category; |
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#PROGRAM or #PROG, #SYS or #SYSTEM, #GRAPHICS or #GFX, #MOVIE, #SND or #SOUND, #OFFICE or #OFF, #CODE or #COD, #COMPRESSED or #COM, #OTHER and #C1 to #C5 for the custom categories. |
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Filtering by file attribute |
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It is possible to filter by file attributes; |
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@HIDDEN to search only those files that are hidden. |
@SYSTEM to search only system files. |
@ARCHIVE to search only files with the archive file attribute |
@NULL to search only files that have null (zero) size |
@READONLY to search only files with that are read-only |
@CREATED to search only files that were created today |
@ACCESSED to search only files that have been accessed today |
@MODIFIED to search only files that have been modified today |
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Filtering by user (owner) |
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Filter your search results by the owner (creator) of the file; |
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Filter results to include files that aren't owned by a specific user; |
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Combining filters |
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Search for all graphics files that have the words bank and 2000 in the path; |
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Search for all graphics files greater than or equal to 100k that have the words bank and 2000 in the path; |
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Special File History seach terms |
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List the top files by size (similar to the Top 101 display) |
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Show the top largest files (the top 20 is displayed below); |
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Like all search parameters it can be combined, shown below is a method of showing the top 20 graphic files; |
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List the bottom files by size (similar to the Top 101 display) |
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Show the smallest files (the bottom 10 is shown below); |
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List the top files by created date |
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Show a number of the largest files by creation date; |
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List the top files by accessed date |
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Show a number of the largest files by last accessed date; |
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List the top files by modified date |
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Show a number of the largest files by last modified date; |
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Selecting the colour mode option will highlight each row of the table in the colour that represents the category that the file belongs to; |
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Using the default colours, this table shows me that the search results are made up of files belonging to the "graphics" and "other" categories. |
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Click to access many default searches, and quick access to category and attribute specific searches. |
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executes the search, opens this help page, saves the search results. |
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Right mouse
button on a selected file in the table to bring up the following menu; |
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Open the selected file with the Windows' default viewer. |
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Open the selected file with the "custom viewer" as specified in Settings. |
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Open the directory of the selected file in Explorer. |
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Show the Windows File Properties dialog for the selected file. |
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Generate and MD5 checksum for the selected file. |
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Copy the selected file OR all displayed files to another location. |
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Move the selected file OR all displayed files to another location. |
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Delete the selected file OR all displayed files to the Recycle Bin. |
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