Charles Martin wrote: >> From: Don Hinkle <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >> >> Good idea, but nope, don't make no difference, Find still finds just >> the single words and no combo. >> Is it that difficult to make a searcher find a word combination? > > Actually, Mac OS X already has on board one of the most powerful search > engines you're ever likely to need -- grep. But if you wish to avoid > using the CLI, someone has felt your pain and written a GUI utility to > take advantage of grep -- it's called Greppie, and it costs $15 (way > overpriced IMHO). You can get it from versiontracker.com.
Or, if you happen to have BBEDit Lite* (no longer available from Bare Bones), its multi-file search also uses grepping. I use it in OS9 instead of Sherlock's Find By Content: it's a little slower because it searches the actual files, not an index, but it's more powerful. (*I'm sure TextWrangler and the full BBEdit do it at least as well, and are excellent products, but you wouldn't buy either just for that one feature.) Miche. -- "The doctor said I was a normal, healthy idiot." [Eccles] -- The iMac List is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... Small Dog Electronics http://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | - Epson Stylus Color 580 Printers - new at $69 | & CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> iMac List info: <http://lowendmac.com/imac/list.shtml> --> AOL users, remove "mailto:"; Send list messages to: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To unsubscribe, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For digest mode, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subscription questions: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Archive: <http://www.mail-archive.com/imac-list%40mail.maclaunch.com/> --------------------------------------------------------------- >The Think Different Store http://www.ThinkDifferentStore.com ---------------------------------------------------------------
