Are there free utilities that will search contents of text files while the files are not opened. Text files include html files, php files, C or the like. I have found that searching these files reliably I need to have them opened in an editor and search has to be done from the editor.
The built-in search facilities in Windows XP or Vista do not appear reliable to me. It can't find files that I know do have the string of characters in them. I never know which part of string it can find.
By the way how can we start Windows Vista search in advanced mode or with contents search every time we want. I can't see the advanced option until the search fails. Perhaps I have missed something here.
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Windows utilities reliably search contents of unopened text files?
31st Jul 2009
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How to find text file content quick and easy in thousands of files
This site might help your issue:
http://stahlforce.com/dev/index.php?tool=dvhelp03
The base version is free, but if you need a more powerful version then you will need a license. But give it a go.
Hope it is what you are looking for.
http://stahlforce.com/dev/index.php?tool=dvhelp03
The base version is free, but if you need a more powerful version then you will need a license. But give it a go.
Hope it is what you are looking for.
31st Jul 2009
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Use findstr command
You can use findstr command and pipe it out to a text file.
For example at the root of where I want to search I use the following:
findstr /sin "searchstring" *.* >c:\findstr.txt
This searches the current directory and all directories for any file that contains the string "searchstring" and lists the results in a text file named findstr.txt in the root of C:\
http://www.microsoft.com/resources/documentation/windows/xp/all/proddocs/en-us/findstr.mspx?mfr=true
Hope this helps.
Monice
For example at the root of where I want to search I use the following:
findstr /sin "searchstring" *.* >c:\findstr.txt
This searches the current directory and all directories for any file that contains the string "searchstring" and lists the results in a text file named findstr.txt in the root of C:\
http://www.microsoft.com/resources/documentation/windows/xp/all/proddocs/en-us/findstr.mspx?mfr=true
Hope this helps.
Monice
31st Jul 2009
