I believe they work for a "simple" binary file, such as an Excel file, but would not be able to on some programs that have an encryption scheme built in such as zipped files.
-Bob ----- Original Message ----- From: [email protected] To: RBASE-L Mailing List Sent: Tuesday, November 10, 2009 4:34 PM Subject: [RBASE-L] - Re: Searching for file contents Do these utilities only work on files that you can "type" at the DOS prompt, ie not binary files? Karen James, Thanks for the info. I was aware of the FIND command but not the FINDSTR. The latter seems to have several more options. I will give it a try. -Bob ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG - www.avg.com Version: 8.5.425 / Virus Database: 270.14.60/2495 - Release Date: 11/10/09 19:56:00
