Search text in .txt files Windows 7

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I want to search the content of text files using Windows 7. I am unable to find stuff like xyz in .txt files that contain text like asd**xyz**asd, not even with the file search option enabled.

Maybe you'll like this: http://tools.tortoisesvn.net/grepWin.html — Oliver Salzburg, Jun 05 '12 at 13:56
http://superuser.com/questions/106659/unicode-grep-for-windows — akira, Jun 05 '12 at 13:58
possible duplicate of Trouble trying to use Windows Search to search for file with a question mark in the content — SgtOJ, Jun 05 '12 at 14:48
Am I safe in assuming that you are indexing the contents .txt files? Are you able to find other strings inside the text file? — Hod - Monica's Army, Jun 08 '12 at 21:48

score 1 · Answer 1 · answered Jun 05 '12 at 14:05

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You can use agent ransack which can see the contents inside the files and also search faster with the file name too. See the feature page.

answered Jun 05 '12 at 14:05

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score 1 · Answer 2 · answered Jun 05 '12 at 21:25

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Notepad++ has a feature for searching text in finds ('Find in files' tab under the regular ctrl+f search), and it's a pretty useful text editor in general.

answered Jun 05 '12 at 21:25

red

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Notepad++ is cool. I'm trying to decide if I like it better than Notepad2. – pcunite Jun 08 '12 at 22:06

score 0 · Answer 3 · answered Jun 10 '19 at 09:23

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The easiest for this task is to use a tool like grepWin - if you are looking only for text in text files, or SeekFast - if you want to search in any type of documents.

answered Jun 10 '19 at 09:23

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score 0 · Answer 4 · answered Dec 27 '12 at 22:47

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You can use "find" command in command interpreter (cmd.exe). To gain more help, enter:

find /?

Usage:

find "text to find" files_to_find_in_-_can_be_wildcard

answered Dec 27 '12 at 22:47

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Search text in .txt files Windows 7

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