Questions tagged [search]
Search refers to the ability of finding any number of items of information with specified properties among a collection of items sharing the same type of properties.
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How can I search within the output buffer of a tmux shell?
I can't get this to work. How can I search the buffer of a tmux shell?
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Search through text files in Mac OS X
Is there a way to search through all the text files in a folder (and subfolders) for a specific string or bit of text in Mac OS X?
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What's a good solution for file-tagging in linux? [closed]
I've been looking for a way to tag my files and search/filter them based on those tags.
Here are my (updated) requirements :
any file readable by the user can be tagged freely
a user can search for ...
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Bash: is there a way to search for a particular string in a directory of files? [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
Search for a text pattern in linux
In bash, I was wondering if there were any commands that would let you know if a particular string you are looking for exists within the ...
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Windows Search for exact filename and extension only
While searching for Windows.h, I discovered some rather annoying search behaviour on Windows 10. Rather than being presented with a single result of Windows.h, I was presented with an entire laundry ...
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grep for "term" and exclude "another term"
I am trying to build a grep search that searches for a term but exludes lines which have a second term. I wanted to use multiple -e "pattern" options but that has not worked.
Here is an example of a ...
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How to prevent Firefox converting 'localhost/*' URLs into search queries?
Since upgrading from Firefox 3.6.x, my address bar has a quirk that never used to be there. When I type in, for example:
localhost/my_dir/index.php
Firefox turns it into a search query, my search ...
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Howto search in PDFs using regular expressions? [closed]
Usually I use Notepad++ to search in file(s) using regular expressions. Today I am wondering if there is a PDF program that does the same for PDFs. Of course I could convert the PDF to text and use ...
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Is there a way to search the text of my browsing history in Firefox?
I often find myself in the situation where I know I saw something in a web page recently, but don't remember where. I would therefore like to be able to do a full-text search of the contents of my ...
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How do I disable the Microsoft Edge search bar on the Windows desktop? [duplicate]
On Windows 10, recently a Microsoft Edge search bar started appearing on the desktop.
If you click the 3 dots menu there is an option to "Auto-launch search bar" which you can turn off and ...
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Search Terminal Output
Using a default terminal and bash, there is no functionality to search the standard output of commands.
One can gain such functionality using other tools, like emacs shell or screen, but I am ...
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Full text Search of browser history, through the browser
Is there a browser that supports searching through the full text of the history pages' content ? Chrome and Firefox supports only searching the titles and URLs (with their omnibars).
I'm aware that ...
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How to use wildcard characters in Spotlight search?
I'm used to using the search window in Windows that provided the ability to use options such as:
Date of Creation/Modification
File Size
File Extension
Wild Card Characters
How can I search with ...
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Mac OS X search and replace tool with regular expression support
I'm looking for a regular expression based search/replace GUI tool that is able to handle multiple files/subdirectories, something like grepWin but for Mac OS X.
PS. I'm aware of grep and I don't ...
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Windows 10 search does not find documents by default
When I search for my documents in Windows 10, I press Windows or Windows+S and start typing. For documents not placed in my user profile the result does not show up unless I explicitly press the Find ...
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