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Whats the best way to search over 100 text files, for one word?

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Originally posted by Jimbo
Whats the best way to search over 100 text files, for one word?

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Can't windows search look for words inside those files?

I would like to search over 100 text files for a certain word, and then display that line, which has the certain word in, into a another text file?
Is that possible?

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Originally posted by Jimbo
I would like to search over 100 text files for a certain word, and then display that line, which has the certain word in, into a another text file?
Is that possible?

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Linux + some combination of cat and grep

It'd be quite easy in PHP...

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Originally posted by nimicitor
Open each file and press Ctrl + F?

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100 times?! =P

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Originally posted by methos
It'd be quite easy in PHP...

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How? =O

Yeah i know its possible in linux, just wondering if there was any way possible in windows?

Take a look at this article, and also look at all the comments (lots of related programs, including cygwin ).

python would be eaiser, use regex in python, if you need me to write something, pm or post

If all the text files are in the same directory, open a command prompt in that directory and run...

find "word" *.txt > ..\results.txt

(The results file is in the parent directory so it won't be included in the search =p)

You could also use a text editor with a "find in files" feature, like PSPad or Notepad++ or EditPlus.