Windows grep
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I've heard many times that Google desktop search does this well. I haven't used it personally though.
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It is excellent once it has properly indexed your hard disk. But the index file can grow to be quite large.
"Every time Lotus Notes starts up, somewhere a puppy, a kitten, a lamb, and a baby seal are killed. Lotus Notes is a conspiracy by the forces of Satan to drive us over the brink into madness. The CRC-32 for each file in the installation includes the numbers 666." Gary Wheeler "You're an idiot." John Simmons, THE Outlaw programmer "I realised that all of my best anecdotes started with "So there we were, pissed". Pete O'Hanlon
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It is excellent once it has properly indexed your hard disk. But the index file can grow to be quite large.
"Every time Lotus Notes starts up, somewhere a puppy, a kitten, a lamb, and a baby seal are killed. Lotus Notes is a conspiracy by the forces of Satan to drive us over the brink into madness. The CRC-32 for each file in the installation includes the numbers 666." Gary Wheeler "You're an idiot." John Simmons, THE Outlaw programmer "I realised that all of my best anecdotes started with "So there we were, pissed". Pete O'Hanlon
Mustafa Ismail Mustafa wrote:
But the index file can grow to be quite large.
Like, a GB or two? If it's quite good, then I might put it up on my laptop.
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Try the GNU utilities for Win32[^] - it provides you the find and grep Unix commands.
Open source is evil! ;P
Wout
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Open source is evil! ;P
Wout
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Mustafa Ismail Mustafa wrote:
But the index file can grow to be quite large.
Like, a GB or two? If it's quite good, then I might put it up on my laptop.
Nobody can give you wiser advice than yourself. - Cicero .·´¯`·->Rajesh<-·´¯`·. Codeproject.com: Visual C++ MVP
In theory it can grow indefinitely. It really depends on how many files and folders you have on your hard disks. Mine got to 4GB though I've heard of figures much bigger than that.
"Every time Lotus Notes starts up, somewhere a puppy, a kitten, a lamb, and a baby seal are killed. Lotus Notes is a conspiracy by the forces of Satan to drive us over the brink into madness. The CRC-32 for each file in the installation includes the numbers 666." Gary Wheeler "You're an idiot." John Simmons, THE Outlaw programmer "I realised that all of my best anecdotes started with "So there we were, pissed". Pete O'Hanlon
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I've heard many times that Google desktop search does this well. I haven't used it personally though.
Nobody can give you wiser advice than yourself. - Cicero .·´¯`·->Rajesh<-·´¯`·. Codeproject.com: Visual C++ MVP
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Does anyone know a nice tool that can do search for files on your hard disk? (As you may know the built in search feature in XP is unrealiable)
this http://www.wingrep.com/index.htm[^] is worth every bit of its $30 price tag
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I tried it, but it seems like it only searches your web history. I want something to find a file on my disk
ed welch wrote:
I tried it, but it seems like it only searches your web history.
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Does anyone know a nice tool that can do search for files on your hard disk? (As you may know the built in search feature in XP is unrealiable)
http://gnuwin32.sourceforge.net/packages/grep.htm[^]
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Does anyone know a nice tool that can do search for files on your hard disk? (As you may know the built in search feature in XP is unrealiable)
The search feature in Total Commander. It's super-fast compared to explorer. Also the copy/move operations are at least twice as fast. It's one of the most useful pieces of software for a dev and not only. It also has FTP-connection, File comparer, built-in archiver, etc, etc. Give it a try!
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Does anyone know a nice tool that can do search for files on your hard disk? (As you may know the built in search feature in XP is unrealiable)
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Does anyone know a nice tool that can do search for files on your hard disk? (As you may know the built in search feature in XP is unrealiable)
Search And Replace (can also just Search without Replace)
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Does anyone know a nice tool that can do search for files on your hard disk? (As you may know the built in search feature in XP is unrealiable)
Windows Search 4[^] is excellent - I like it much better than Google Desktop.
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I've heard many times that Google desktop search does this well. I haven't used it personally though.
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it good! but i never used it too!
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Does anyone know a nice tool that can do search for files on your hard disk? (As you may know the built in search feature in XP is unrealiable)
AgentRansack clickety It's brill, I use it all the time, it is fast, allows regular expressions and even has a wizard for those of us who struggle with them. Oh - and it's free :-D
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It is excellent once it has properly indexed your hard disk. But the index file can grow to be quite large.
"Every time Lotus Notes starts up, somewhere a puppy, a kitten, a lamb, and a baby seal are killed. Lotus Notes is a conspiracy by the forces of Satan to drive us over the brink into madness. The CRC-32 for each file in the installation includes the numbers 666." Gary Wheeler "You're an idiot." John Simmons, THE Outlaw programmer "I realised that all of my best anecdotes started with "So there we were, pissed". Pete O'Hanlon
The most frustrating feature of the built in search is that for some idiotic reason it searches through compressed files and the only way to stop it from doing that is to remove the compressed folders support from the operating system.
John
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Does anyone know a nice tool that can do search for files on your hard disk? (As you may know the built in search feature in XP is unrealiable)
ed welch wrote:
(As you may know the built in search feature in XP is unrealiable)
How so?
"Love people and use things, not love things and use people." - Unknown
"To have a respect for ourselves guides our morals; to have deference for others governs our manners." - Laurence Sterne
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Does anyone know a nice tool that can do search for files on your hard disk? (As you may know the built in search feature in XP is unrealiable)
I'm a fan of Agent Ransack[^]. /ravi
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ed welch wrote:
I tried it, but it seems like it only searches your web history.
Nobody can give you wiser advice than yourself. - Cicero .·´¯`·->Rajesh<-·´¯`·. Codeproject.com: Visual C++ MVP
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ed welch wrote:
(As you may know the built in search feature in XP is unrealiable)
How so?
"Love people and use things, not love things and use people." - Unknown
"To have a respect for ourselves guides our morals; to have deference for others governs our manners." - Laurence Sterne