Is it possible to search for content within an archive file

[harryray2]

Is it possible to search for content within an archive file (.rar, .zip and .7z)?

[void]

No.

Searching for filenames in zip files is possible with container-filename: search function.

For example:
Everything.zip containerfilename:Everything.lng

Support for searching filenames in rar, 7z and zip64 is on my TODO list.

[harryray2]

Thanks...Is it possible to search for text in an a archived file?

For example...search for the string 'test123' within an archived file that contains several other files with different extensions or does it just search for a file that has been archived?

[void]

Filenames only. (for Everything 1.5)

[ericgl]

Hi David,

Nice to know I can search within archives.
Seems to work for ZIP and RAR files.
Doesn't seem to work with 7Z files, and I have a lot of those.
Can you please add searching within 7zip files as well?

Thanks

[void]

Everything 1.5.0.1338a adds zip64 support.

7zip support is on my TODO list.
Thank you for the suggestion.

[tn_dang]

Everything 1.5.0.1338a adds zip64 support.

7zip support is on my TODO list.
Thank you for the suggestion.

Could you please treat jar files as zip files. Build 1352 cannot find files inside a jar file but if I rename the jar file to become a zip file, Everything can find the files inside a newly renamed zip file.

Thank you for your time and efforts.

[void]

I will trial a change in the next alpha update to treat any file (with a zip footer) as a zip file.

I'll report back here once this is ready for testing.

Thank you for the suggestion.

[Thy Grand Voidinesss]

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Searching for filenames in zip files is possible with container-filename: search function.
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I will trial a change in the next alpha update to treat any file (with a zip footer) as a zip file.
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So this would mean that another tick option could be added to the already 4 available ones on the Findbar? And also, but in a distant future, some sort of button for Search Edit?

[void]

This is unrelated to the findbar.

Everything 1.5.0.1353 will now ignore file extensions when gathering properties.

For the best performance, specify an extension filter in your search.

For example:

*.jpg width:>800
*.docx containerfilename:styles.xml

[ericgl]

Hi David,

Now with v1.5.0.1353a which supports searching inside zip, 7z, apk, etc... - Is it possible to search for only folders within those archives?

For example, if I type d:\downloads\ container-file-name:assets - This will go through all supported archives in the specified folder and find all files and folders within those archives containing the string "assets". But how do I restrict the search to folders only (within the archive/container)?

What I tries thus far:
Adding in the search field: shell-attributes:0x20000000
Adding in the search field: type:"File folder"
Adding in the search field: folder:
Adding in the search field: attrib:D
Replacing container-file-name: with container-folder-name:

None worked. Any solution?

[void]

There's not really any folders, just filenames with paths.

Please try the following search:

container-file-name:/assets/

[ericgl]

Thanks for the quick reply, David.

Oh, it's that simple...lol.
Well, adding the slashes around the string (kinda) works.
Thanks!

[crimzind]

I'm not sure if I'm misunderstanding some syntax or something...
I'm on 1.5a, and I'm trying to find any archives (zip, rar, etc.) that contain specific files types in them.

"container-file-name:*.ext" doesn't seem to return any results regardless of what type of file I'm searching for.
"container-file-name" gives me the impression I'd need to specify a specific archive to be searching in, instead of *any* archives, but yeah, I'm just not sure what I might be doing wrong, otherwise.

[void]

I will add support for wildcards in the next alpha update.

Thank you for bringing this issue to my attention.

Technically, I haven't flagged this function as a "filename"-search so Everything thinks it is a content-search.
Content searches don't support wildcards, unless you use the wildcard: search modifier.



For now, please prefix your search with wildcards:

For example:

wildcards:container-file-name:*.ext



wildcards:

[crimzind]

That worked, thank you!