what was that app name, the one that searches text in files..[solved]

[vhelp]

[solved] see next post # 2

hi all

i have a ton of delphi code, to the point i can't find things anymore. its easier when i remember a certain word, phrase or term. but having to go through all the folders i think its located at is tiresome. i remember command line tool that you just enter two params into, i.e.,

search folder1 timer16 --- and it would give me the files path and filename.
search *.* timer16 --- and it would give me the files path and filename.

[vhelp]

i found something, maybe it will do. its an old dos app, found here, c:\windows\servicepackfiles\i386\findstr.exe

i gave a test run..while not very eligant, it seems to work ok

findstr /S /N "comobj" "e:\delphi\*.pas"

search results:

e:\delphi\dspack\Demos\D5\Filter Enumerator\Editor.pas:74:uses activex, comobj;
e:\delphi\Wireless Network Connection\Unit1.pas:11:             comobj, // CreateOleObject require ComObj;

Searches for strings in files.

FINDSTR [/B] [/E] [/L] [/R] [/S] [/I] [/X] [/V] [/N] [/M] [/O] [/P] [/F:file]
        [/C:string] [/G:file] [/D:dir list] [/A:color attributes] [/OFF[LINE]]
        strings [[drive:][path]filename[ ...]]

  /B         Matches pattern if at the beginning of a line.
  /E         Matches pattern if at the end of a line.
  /L         Uses search strings literally.
  /R         Uses search strings as regular expressions.
  /S         Searches for matching files in the current directory and all
             subdirectories.
  /I         Specifies that the search is not to be case-sensitive.
  /X         Prints lines that match exactly.
  /V         Prints only lines that do not contain a match.
  /N         Prints the line number before each line that matches.
  /M         Prints only the filename if a file contains a match.
  /O         Prints character offset before each matching line.
  /P         Skip files with non-printable characters.
  /OFF[LINE] Do not skip files with offline attribute set.
  /A:attr    Specifies color attribute with two hex digits. See "color /?"
  /F:file    Reads file list from the specified file(/ stands for console).
  /C:string  Uses specified string as a literal search string.
  /G:file    Gets search strings from the specified file(/ stands for console).
  /D:dir     Search a semicolon delimited list of directories
  strings    Text to be searched for.
  [drive:][path]filename
             Specifies a file or files to search.

Use spaces to separate multiple search strings unless the argument is prefixed
with /C.  For example, 'FINDSTR "hello there" x.y' searches for "hello" or
"there" in file x.y.  'FINDSTR /C:"hello there" x.y' searches for
"hello there" in file x.y.

Regular expression quick reference:
  .        Wildcard: any character
  *        Repeat: zero or more occurances of previous character or class
  ^        Line position: beginning of line
  $        Line position: end of line
  [class]  Character class: any one character in set
  [^class] Inverse class: any one character not in set
  [x-y]    Range: any characters within the specified range
  \x       Escape: literal use of metacharacter x
  \<xyz    Word position: beginning of word
  xyz\>    Word position: end of word

For full information on FINDSTR regular expressions refer to the online Command
Reference.

[johns0]

You can set windows search to look for text inside of files.