rnmcd Posted December 21, 2005 Posted December 21, 2005 I need to search through all of the folders and files in a directory to find all the files that contain specific text. What is the best way to do that? It would be nice to be able to choose which directory I want to search then all of the files in the subfolders that contain the text would somehow display so I could edit them. Any suggestions? Quote
TCH-Rob Posted December 22, 2005 Posted December 22, 2005 I am guessing that you are looking for ways to find text on your website, right? If so, you need a search script for that. Quote
rnmcd Posted December 22, 2005 Author Posted December 22, 2005 I am guessing that you are looking for ways to find text on your website, right? If so, you need a search script for that. I'm trying to find files on my hard drive that contain specific text. I know the text exists but the: 'Search > Files and Folders' feature on WinXP doesn't find the files. There must be a program that does this effectively. Quote
TCH-Bruce Posted December 22, 2005 Posted December 22, 2005 I also found this doing a Google search. Quote
paultwang Posted January 18, 2006 Posted January 18, 2006 GNU grep works just fine for me. Windows FINDSTR might too. Quote
TCH-Mark Posted January 18, 2006 Posted January 18, 2006 Hey, Have a look in downloads.com there are a number of great problems that will do this for you. Quote
TCH-Don Posted January 18, 2006 Posted January 18, 2006 Total Commander will do that for free or register for a reasonable amount. Searches for files and directories specified by the user. Can also be used to search for file contents. Quote
Deverill Posted January 18, 2006 Posted January 18, 2006 You can use Windows search feature if you are in fact using Windows. Just go to (these are XP directions but others should be able to do it) Start - Search - Files and Folders - and look for the text box that says "containing the text" and put your string in there. Quote
rnmcd Posted January 18, 2006 Author Posted January 18, 2006 You can use Windows search feature if you are in fact using Windows. Just go to (these are XP directions but others should be able to do it) Start - Search - Files and Folders - and look for the text box that says "containing the text" and put your string in there. I'm trying to find files on my hard drive that contain specific text. I know the text exists but the: 'Search > Files and Folders' feature on WinXP doesn't find the files. There must be a program that does this effectively. Doing a google search shows that there are many other people that don't get the correct results with a Windows search. Quote
TCH-Don Posted January 18, 2006 Posted January 18, 2006 Did you try Total Commander? it does what you are asking. Quote
rnmcd Posted January 18, 2006 Author Posted January 18, 2006 Did you try Total Commander?it does what you are asking. I ended up using a program called PSPad. So far I am quite pleased. But if that changes I'll definitely take a look at Total Commander. Quote
TCH-Mark Posted January 18, 2006 Posted January 18, 2006 Hey, Glad you managed to find something to help Quote
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