DOS tool to search in text fiesl ?

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MoiMeme

Hi,

does someone kown a tool that can be used under DOS to search in text files
?
TIA !!!
 
MoiMeme said:
Hi,

does someone kown a tool that can be used under DOS to search in text files
?
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FIND - already included with Windows.

Type
find /?
for more info.

If you want a real man's search tool, then you should look for a UNIX
port of the GREP command. I have grep installed via DJGPP, which is
probably too fiddly for you to set up just for grep.

You might try:
http://unxutils.sourceforge.net/
http://www.interlog.com/~tcharron/grep.html

or take a look at some other results from Google:
http://tinyurl.com/armff
 
Mark Carter said:
FIND - already included with Windows.

Type
find /?
for more info.

If you want a real man's search tool, then you should look for a UNIX
port of the GREP command. I have grep installed via DJGPP, which is
probably too fiddly for you to set up just for grep.
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Or the windows findstr command which also supports regular
expressions. It's available on Windows 2000 and XP.

More info on http://www.computerhope.com/findstr.htm
 
The best I've ever seen is called "views." I have a copy of the
installer; let me know privately and I'll send you a copy.
 
Or the windows findstr command which also supports regular
expressions. It's available on Windows 2000 and XP.

More info on http://www.computerhope.com/findstr.htm
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A quick word about the "Views" program, freeware for DOS, mentioned in
another post. It is the fastest tool I've ever seen for text searching of
DOS text files. I really recommend it above the others mentioned here.
 
Check the Free Software for DOS Web site
http://home.att.net/~short.stop/freesoft/softlib1.htm
Text utils page.

Eric Pement's Web site
http://www.student.northpark.edu/pemente/
Click the link to "Sed," then keep paging down until you get to search
(and replace) console-mode utilities. He has useful extra information on
the "Ministry of Truth" (MT, MTR) program.

Horst Schaeffer's software
http://home.mnet-online.de/horst.muc/
Doesn't appear on the main menu; click "LMOD" and keep paging down until
you get to "Find tools."
 
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