OpenEuphoria

6.1.21 search.ex

This program searches for a string in files of the current directory and subdirectories.

6.1.21.1 Usage

search [string]

If you don't supply a string on the command line you will be prompted for it. The string may contain * and ? wildcard characters and so may the list of file specifications. Lines containing the string are displayed on the screen, and also recorded in %EUDIR%/SEARCH.OUT (DOS/Windows), or in $HOME/search.out (Linux). Some statistics are printed at the end.

6.1.21.2 Example

C:\> search
string: p?oc*re
match case? (n)
file-spec (*.*): *.e *.ex
scan subdirectories? (y)

6.1.21.3 Note

If you just hit Enter instead of supplying a string to search for, the program will simply print any file names that match your file-spec. This is a good way to search for a file, when you can't remember which directory you put it in.