How do I search for: the grandparent folder of a file?

[dunc2027]

In this case, the parent folders of folders that have mp3s. I've looked through the syntax help and searched the web, but can't seem to find the right combination of "flags".

[void]

Please try the following search:

child:*.mp3

Does this help?

[dunc2027]

Thanks for the reply! That gets me folders that have mp3s. Can I get the parent folders of those folders?

I tried variations of child:*\*.mp3 and they did not work.
Neither did child: child: mp3 (ignore the spaces).

EDIT: Actually, since I have already cleared empty folders, perhaps my search should be "folders whose subfolders have no folders". I'll keep looking.

EDIT: I got excited and thought childfoldercount:1 and parents:1 would work, but no. By the way, parents: and depth: seems to only reference the directory folder. Is there no way to use these relative to a wildcarded path?

[NotNull]

I can't think of a way to accomplish this in Everything 1.4

However ...
Everything 1.5 has been released. It is an alpha version, so will likely contain issues, but this *is* possible with 1.5:

• Search for:
  ]c]ext:mp3 regex:"(^.*\\)[^\\]*\\[^\\]*\.mp3$[/c]
• Right-click one of the header bar entries, like Path or Name
• Select Search > Regular Expression Match 1
• In the new column with that same name are the grandparents of your mp3 files

[dunc2027]

Awesome, I'll check it out. Thank you very much for your help!

[NotNull]

Another option, using Everything 1.4 :
(assuming you are on Win10)

• Search for
  child:*.mp3
• Export the resulting folders as a parents.txt text file (Menu:File > Export )
• In File Explorer, browse to the folder where you put parents.txt
• In the address bar, type CMD , followed by ENTER
• Paste this command and press ENTER:

  Code: Select all

  @(for /f "usebackq delims=" %x in ("parent.txt") do @echo %~dpx) | sort /uniq /O grandparents.txt
  

• In grandparents.txt are .. well .. the grandparents

[dunc2027]

Thank you very much!