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Quick Start: Finding Files Containing Specific Text Select What to Search Select the folder(s), paths(s) or drive(s) you want to search in either the left or right windows. The Find dialog will default to searching these selections but they can be easily changed in the dialog itself. Open the Find Dialog
Enter the Filenames or Patterns to Search for
Hint: You can limit your search (and thus speed it up and make its results more meaningful) by specifying one or more folders to search instead of just a whole drive. You can also, in the Patterns field, specify only certain files to search file such as *.doc | *.jpg | *.jpeg | *.html | *.htm Click OK to search and create a Virtual Folder of all matching files
More Options and Possibilities Searches can be across a drive, path or multiple drives and paths Such as C:\ | \\Corp-backup\C\Accounting Specific folders can be excluded making results more meaningful C:\ | -Windows | -Program Files would exclude the folders Windows and Program Files and all their subfolders Exact Match Searching finds files with the exact text (except for white space) you specify, with optional case matching. All white space is treated the same and multiple white space characters are treated as one. Normal Searching Normal Searching allows the use of the question mark (?) and asterisk (*) to match one and one or more characters respectively. All white space is treated the same and multiple white space characters are treated as one. RegEx Searches RegEx mode uses a basic set of Unix style regular expressions. All Searches are Binary FileBoss will search for text correctly in DLLs, EXE and other binary file types as well as in text and document files. Uses the power of Virtual Folders The results of the search are put into a Virtual Folder so that the found files can be manipulated individually, in groups or all together (copy, rename, delete, move and more). The Search can be saved for later use So the search can be used over and over again.
Method for Matching the Search Pattern
Search Method Three different types of searching can be performed. FileBoss supports smart white space matching where the white space (spaces and tabs) does not have to be exact for a match to occur. This allows the search pattern to specify one space or tab and FileBoss will still match even if the source text contains two or more consecutive spaces or tabs or a mixture of both. The type of search to be done is specified by choosing on of the following options: Exact Matches the search pattern exactly (no wild cards have special meaning) except for capitalization and white space. Capitalization is controlled by the 'Match capitalization' check box and all white space is considered to be the same, e.g. spaces, tabs and new lines are considered to be the same. In addition multiple spaces will match one space and vice-a-versa. Normal In normal searching, FileBoss recognizes two wild card characters: the question mark and the asterisk. The question mark (?) matches any one character. The asterisk (*) matches any number of any characters up until the next character in the search pattern. For instance, the search pattern F*ss, would match FileBoss To enter an asterisk or question mark as literals, i.e. without special meaning, precede them with a backslash.
See Unix Style Searches for a complete definition of FileBoss's Unix style search implementation. Match Capitalization Selecting this option tells FileBoss that searches should be case sensitive. Thus, if this option is selected and "Blue" is searched for, FileBoss will find "Blue" but not "blue" or "bLue." If this option is not selected, FileBoss will match any combination of capitals and lowercase letters, no matter what was used for the search string. Note that this option does not affect searches when Unix mode is turned on.
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