es Command Examples

Command-line interface for Everything, a fast file and folder search tool for Windows. Requires Everything to be installed and running in the background. More information: https://www.voidtools.com/support/everything/command_line_interface/.

• Search for a file or folder by name:

es {{search_term}}

• Search using a regular expression:

es -r {{regex_pattern}}

• Match whole words:

es -w {{search_term}}

• Limit the number of results shown:

es -n {{10}} {{search_term}}

• Search within a specific folder:

es -path {{folder_path}} {{search_term}}

• List folders only:

es /ad

• List files only:

es /a-d

• Sort results (e.g., by name):

es -sort {{name-ascending}}