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dforrest
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Can I use TextPad to find files NOT containing a particular string?
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schnitzi
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dforrest wrote:Can I use TextPad to find files NOT containing a particular string?

How can you use TextPad to do that? Use it to write a program
that does it. ;-)

Seriously, I think that may be the only way...
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dforrest wrote:Can I use TextPad to find files NOT containing a particular string?
Find a pc version of grep and add it as a tool to textpad, I believe it's included with the NT or 2K Resource kit, or maybe somewhere on microsoft.com (powertools or powertoys or whatever they call it)
grep -v finds files not containing a certain string.
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You actually don't even have to do that much work. There is a command on at least Windows 2000 called 'find' find /v "someString" will show every line not containing it.
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talleyrand wrote:You actually don't even have to do that much work. There is a command on at least Windows 2000 called 'find' find /v "someString" will show every line not containing it.
Whoops, forgot about that one. Guess I should have checked my DOS 2.0 command reference :oops:
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