Hi there
I have a directory with many text files. Very often I have to find a word or
a part of a word in those text files.
Does anybody know a freeware which will allow me to scan all the text files
and tell me in which it found the search-string ?
Thanks in adavnce for any help
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ReplaceEm is essentially a text search-and-replace program. However,
unlike the search-replace functionality of a standard text editor,
ReplaceEm is designed to operate on multiple files at once. And you need
not only perform one search-replace operation per file - you can setup a
list of operations to perform. If different groups of files need to have
different operations performed on them, this is no problem either. You
can also specify a backup file for each file processed just incase the
replace operation didn't do exactly what you wanted.
When specifying which files to be included in a particular replace
operation, you can add one file at a time, or you can tell ReplaceEm to
use all the files from a particular folder - or the files from that
folder that match a given file filter (such as *.txt or *.html). You can
even specify to include all files that don't match a particular filter.
Additionally, you can decide to include the files from all subfolders of
that folder.
One very powerful feature of ReplaceEm is that you can specify that the
destination of the altered file be some other location than where it
originally came from. This is handy, for instance, if you want to have
some search-replace operations performed on a particular file and have
it saved to a destination file, and then want to have different
search-replace operations performed on the same file, and have it saved
to a different location.
Another powerful ability of ReplaceEm is to make use of regular
expression search-replace operations, as well as range search-replace
operations. These are, in fact, so powerful and complex that most users
will probably not need to mess around with them. They are, however,
vital in certain situations, and turn ReplaceEm into a much more
intelligent text processor.
When the replace operations are performed, a log file is generated to
let you know if everything went ok; Information about which files were
processed, where they were saved to, where they were backed up to, and
how many replace operations were performed on them are provided.
http://www.boolean.ca/replace/
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InfoRapid Search & Replace is one of the most powerful text retrieval
programs currently available for Microsoft Windows. With its built-in
converters, it's excellently suitable for searching and previewing HTML
and RTF documents. In pure text files, the found text passages can be
replaced after the search is over. The search and replace process can be
automated with the help of batch files to replace several phrases in one
step. The found documents can be opened in a preview window, in which
the matches are highlighted. A special feature is that InfoRapid can use
Microsoft Office converters to search WinWord, Excel, Lotus and other
documents and preview them in their original layout.
The advantages of InfoRapid Search & Replace lie in the diverse search
options and in the simple operation and handiness. A click on a
hypertext link in the search result list opens the corresponding file in
the text viewer and jumps directly to the marked passage. Another click,
this time with the right mouse button, brings you back to the search
result list. You can browse through the search result list with the
function keys F5 and F6, without shifting between the file viewer and
the search result list every time. If you discover a word you want to
look further on, a double click on it is sufficient to take it as new
search expression and start a new search. Up to 999 search result pages
and search parameters can be stored in a database, from where they can
be recalled via a register.
http://www.inforapid.de/html/searchreplace.htm
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SC-Search-and-Replace will quickly replace text in all your documents
within seconds. SC-Search-and-Replace supports previewing,
case-sensitivity and various search options. This program is fast and
easy to use, making it one of the most powerful search-and-replace
utilities available. In addition to replacement of text within files,
SC-Search-and-Replace supports changing text within filenames too. With
SC-Search-and-Replace it's possible to rename multiple files on your
hard disk within seconds.
SC-Search-and-Replace takes only 32 KB of hard disk space and works on
Windows 98/ME/NT/2000/XP/2003.
http://www.soft-central.net/scr.php
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Agent Ransack is a free tool for finding files and information on your
hard drive fast and efficiently. When searching the contents of files
Agent Ransack displays the text found so you can quickly browse the
results without having to separately open each file!
Agent Ransack provides compelling advantages over similar search tools:
- Regular expressions that allow complex rule based searches.
- Immediate contents results view.
- Various wizards to walk the user through the searching process.
Agent Ransack is provided FREE of charge for the benefit of the Windows
community. If you find it useful please register it, free of charge.
http://www.mythicsoft.com/agentransack/Page.aspx?page=home
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Harddisk Search & Stats is a very powerful text-Search Engine for your
harddisk which is free for commercial and non-commercial use. It enables
you to conveniently search large numbers of text/ascii-based files
simultaneously.
Harddisk Search & Stats is ideal for those who are handling text files,
such as programmers, web developers, computer professionals, system
managers and other demanding users.
When searching inside files, you can specify as many search terms you
want, and there is no limit to the number of file types you can add for
searching. For each search-term entered, the program will display an
additional column in the search results. Double-clicking on a file in
the search result will open the internal or an external viewer.
Features:
- search files according to file type
- search files according to filename
- search using wildcards
- search files according to file date
- search files according to file size
- sort and reverse-sort the search-result list according to:
- file location
- file name
- file type
- file size
- file date
- occurrence of each search term
- import file types from a folder
- view/search individual files with the internal or an external viewer
- zero-installation, easy uninstallation
- HD Search and Stats also runs directly from USB disk, CD-Rom or floppy
- nothing is written into the Windows registry
- nothing is installed into any Windows or system directory
- no special dlls or ActiveX controls are needed
http://www.freebyte.com/harddisk_search_and_stats/
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