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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Command line tool to search phrases in large number of pdf files [closed]
I'm using Opensuse 10.3 and like to know command line tools to search phrases in large number of pdf files inside a directory. In Windows XP the Explorer search allows this but is too slow. Is there ...
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Combine Windows 8 app and settings search? [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
Is there a way to show all Windows 8 Modern UI search results on one page?
Consolidating Windows 8 Search to one Textbox
While I've adapted to most things in Windows 8 quite ...
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Firefox: don't allow websites to override the / (slash) key
Some websites override the behavior of the '/' key in Firefox. Normally this opens the incremental search toolbar at the bottom of the page. But on some websites it places the cursor in a search box ...
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Windows 10 - Can't launch programs via search bar
I've had this problem for quite some time now, and so far I've found no solution - but it's really beginning to get on my nerves.
Basically, when I search for a program via the Windows start menu (...
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Silly full text search? [closed]
I'm looking for a simple windows tool that is able to go over all the files in a tree of directories and perform a full text search on all the files.
I simply don't trust the Vista search because it ...
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search for a substring in file name with built in windows search
I am using windows 8 and I find that the built in search facility is not working as expected.
I have a folder like this
and when I search it like this, I get no result.
I would like the search ...
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Windows 10 Search in apps behaves weird [duplicate]
When I wanted to launch an app in Windows 7 (or Gnome), I pressed the windows key and typed the name of the app, for example, "Firefox", and pressed enter. Now in Windows 10 the Search Windows have ...
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How do I do a search in File Explorer that includes subfolders of zip archives?
In File Explorer, I can enter search terms in the upper-right search box to search the current folder and all subfolders. I can also navigate the folder tree of zip archives like any other folders. ...
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Way to search & find Files or Folders with no Extension in Windows
How do i search files with no extension? For best effect i would like only <4kb and if i could search inside for the text thewordiwant
I also have visual studios but i dont think writing ...
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Windows 10 Anniversary update: Search bar doesn't work after update
After I did the Windows 10 Anniversary update 1607 (Dutch, so no Cortana), my search bar in start menu stopped working.
When I click the start menu and start typing something, it either closes ...
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Indexing across a mount point in windows
I have a new windows 7 computer. The first thing I did was in stall a 2nd hard drive and mount it at C:/Users/me this seems to work just fine, except one issue.
Search does not find and file there, ...
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Show Duplicate Files [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
Find duplicate files on Mac OS X
Hi all
I am trying to sort out duplicate folders in a folder which again has an awful lot of subfolders on a Mac OS X system. I want to have ...
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How to mount a USB thumb drive as "Fixed" instead of "Removable"
I have over 8 GB in my "Code Library" that I maintain on a 64 GB ScanDisk Ultra Backup USB Device.
Windows Search 4.0 (installed on Windows XP) can index removable drives, but Windows 7 (...
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Bulk search and replace
I have more than 1000 php files.
I need to BULK search and replace a text.
I want to serach and replace both file content and filenames.
Is there any script or software available to do that?
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Local image search against a source image?
I came across this: Free visual similarity image for a local hard drive search?. However, it doesn't answer the question and the solutions don't work.
Basically, I have a directory structure of ...
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