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I have massive quantities of documents on my PC, and would like to search
through them looking for certain words in the file. When I use explorer's search and try anything other than just one search word, e.g "2003" and "RAM" 2003 and RAM 2003 RAM 2003 or RAM the search treats this as if it was a phrase. I want all documents that contain both of those words, anywhere in the document. Is there some way of tweaking explorer search to do this? Thanks, Mich |
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"M Skabialka" wrote in microsoft.public.windowsxp.help_and_support:
I have massive quantities of documents on my PC, and would like to search through them looking for certain words in the file. When I use explorer's search and try anything other than just one search word, e.g "2003" and "RAM" 2003 and RAM 2003 RAM 2003 or RAM the search treats this as if it was a phrase. I want all documents that contain both of those words, anywhere in the document. Is there some way of tweaking explorer search to do this? I don't believe so. My shareware GREP can serach for files that contain two given words anywhere in the file, but it's a command-line program. If you're willing to deal with the command line, see http://oakroadsystems.com/sharware/grep.htm The reference manual includes a "How-To" section that deals with that specific case. -- Stan Brown, Oak Road Systems, Tompkins County, New York, USA http://OakRoadSystems.com/ |
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