Inverting find in files search

ikes · Post by **ikes** » Wed Mar 24, 2004 2:41 pm

I'd like to be able to search all files EXCEPT a certain extension(s). For example, maybe search all text files, but no binaries. So I may only want to exclude *.exe. Something like " find in: !*.exe".

Anyone know of a way to do this?

Thanks,
Dan

s_reynisson · Post by **s_reynisson** » Wed Mar 24, 2004 2:52 pm

There is a way by using so-called @-files. See TP's help on "How to Find in Multiple Files". HTH

...Note that by creating a file containing a list of file names, one per line, and specifying the name of that file in this box, preceded by the character '@', this command will search the specified files.

ikes · Post by **ikes** » Wed Mar 24, 2004 3:58 pm

Nothing on the fly?

Thanks though

Ed · Post by Ed » Wed Mar 24, 2004 4:46 pm

Unselect the "Binary files" box on the "Find in Files" dialogue window

ikes · Post by **ikes** » Wed Mar 24, 2004 5:57 pm

I just want a quick general way to exclude file types. Binary vs. Non was just an example.

Bob Hansen · Post by **Bob Hansen** » Wed Mar 24, 2004 10:33 pm

Off the top of my head........

Check out XXcopy at www.xxcopy.com. One option in xxcopy is to list files to be copied without copying. But they also have an exclusion option. So you could use this to find files without extension "abc".

This may not work for what you want to do. Could possible pipe the results to a file and then parse it?

I have not checked this out, just a quick thought.....