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| Thread ID: 52609 | 2004-12-24 04:21:00 | software to search within files on my HDD | devo101 (6037) | Press F1 |
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| 307091 | 2004-12-24 04:21:00 | Hi all, Im after a program that will search all files on my hard drive for a search term, not the file name, but actually if that file contains the search term, say if I am looking for "an apple a day" a prgram to search all .txt .php etc files for the phrase, does such a thing exist please???? TIA Devo |
devo101 (6037) | ||
| 307092 | 2004-12-24 05:06:00 | If you run Windows XP you already have a search function that will do the job. Click START, SEARCH, ALL FILES & FOLDERS. Second box down asks for a word or phrase in the file. If you don't know the file name use *.* or *.txt or *.doc or whatever. Most versions of Windows include this function. |
Elephant (599) | ||
| 307093 | 2004-12-24 05:40:00 | google desktop search | wotz (335) | ||
| 307094 | 2004-12-24 05:57:00 | google desktop search http://desktop.google.com/ |
sal (67) | ||
| 307095 | 2004-12-24 06:29:00 | There was a thread on this topic recently, just did a search 2 weeks then 1 month, but couldn't come up with it. You might have better luck. (Mutters about lousy search feature.) |
Murray P (44) | ||
| 307096 | 2004-12-24 06:49:00 | (Mutters about lousy search feature.) apparently the index for the forum search function is being reindexed, so wont be fully functioning till maybe tomorrow? /me points at GoogleDesktopSearch's need for a spare 500MB. |
sal (67) | ||
| 307097 | 2004-12-24 07:02:00 | WindowsGrep | mikebartnz (21) | ||
| 307098 | 2004-12-24 07:16:00 | apparently the index for the forum search function is being reindexed, so wont be fully functioning till maybe tomorrow? /me points at GoogleDesktopSearch's need for a spare 500MB . Thanks sal . Must've got round to I though, just did a serch for imagef1 and got heaps . BTW, I just uploaded a damaged file by the name of feuerfuchs . jpg, I renamed from the browse dialogue without refreshing the folder before uploading :blush: it's 0kb but you can stomp on it anytime you like :D |
Murray P (44) | ||
| 307099 | 2004-12-24 10:29:00 | Im with Mike Windows Grep Its faster than google search or the windoze search |
beama (111) | ||
| 307100 | 2004-12-24 11:10:00 | And it's in house, so to speak. Don't entirely trust these the online searches yet. | Murray P (44) | ||
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