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Search for text in multiple Word files via the Terminal
Authored by: miles_thatsme on Feb 23, '05 02:04:28PM

In response to the parenthetical comment, you don't need Tiger to do this now. You just need to open up the "Find" window in the Finder, select your home directory as the target of the search (likely already available in your selected places list), add "doc" to the extension criterion, then add the words in the content criterion. Nowhere near as fast as Tiger promises, but the find dialog window is largely keyboard-navigable, so you can save yourself a trip to Terminal.



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i wish commenters would try what they advise
Authored by: Safar on Feb 23, '05 05:28:04PM

grep -r reads every file looking for the string, even in non .doc files ==> very slow !

As for the finder, it is enable to search inside word documents (at least for the moment, didn't know it was a tiger feature).



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