Searching for text in files

[roadrunner]

Hi all although not strictly development its leading that way.

I have a script and im looking for a specific piece of code that i need to change, i have opened all files and searched but cant find it, so im guessing i have missed it.

Is there a way i can search a whole /dir for a word or phrase that would be in one of the files inside the /dirI suspect not so im going to guess its back to opening every file to search.

But thought i would ask

Cheers
RR

roadrunner Reviewed by roadrunner on 5th Jul 2012. Searching for text in files Hi all although not strictly development its leading that way. I have a script and im looking for a specific piece of code that i need to change, i have opened all files and searched but cant find it, so im guessing i have missed it. Is there a way i can search a whole /dir for a word or phrase that would be in one of the files inside the /dirI suspect not so im going to guess its back to opening every file to search. But thought i would ask Cheers RR Rating: 5

[Cometolearn]

is this all files are .txt ?

if yes open all with notepad++ and u can search all open files with particular text

good luck

[soft2050]

Or you could use Find in Files option in notepad++ (with in all sub folders option)
Or if you need more options, then you could use external applications like Windows Grep: http://www.wingrep.com/
or a powerful tool like PowerGrep: http://www.powergrep.com/

[mRAza]

if you are on windows use notepad++ to search in files/directory
if on Linux use grep.

[Nitish]

You can do a full directory scan in Notepad++.

[roadrunner]

Hey thanks all for the answers !

Notepad++ found it

What a great comunity this is for asking tech questions, everytime ive asked I have had prompt and correct answers !!!!

Cheers
RR

[Robin H]

Yeah the community is awesome