Search refers to the ability of finding any number of items of information with specified properties within a collection of similar items (items sharing the same type of properties). Search functionality is implemented through search algorithms. A search algorithm is capable of reading a collection ...
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Search for particular file type in a particular website
How can I search for particular type of files (i.e. PDF) from a website? Can I use Google to do this?
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How can I search for all files that have their archive bit set in Windows 7?
Due to a failed TFS server I've lost my workspace and have to redownload all the source again to resync my local files with the server files. Unfortunately I have a bunch of files checked out for edit ...
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search from textarea
In Firefox I can select text and right click to search the selected text in the current search engine is use. This works only for static text; for example any text I select in the textarea (or ...
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locate similarly named files
I'm running OS X 10.7.3. I would like to locate all the files that have common strings in their filenames.
I have a folder that contains several files whose filenames are the same except for the ...
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Advanced file and folder search for Windows 7
Is there a way to add advanced options when doing a search on Windows 7? for example how to exclude certain folder, or exclude certain file types. Any software that could help with this sort of ...
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How to replace one line to two lines or more on a text file using the “find and replace mode”?
Right now I'm developing a script with vbscript and I need to find one specific line(with a lot of occurrences) on a 5k lines source code and replace it to two new code lines(1 line to 2 lines ...
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Can't find the path to proxy.pac file in OS X
I need to control my proxy.pac file in OS X, but I couldn't find it anywhere.
I used
whereis proxy.pac
from terminal too — the whole story short: I want to find the path to a file in Mac OSX.
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Verifying the text content of PDFs
My website has a file repository, that includes text search - it not only searches the files' titles, but also their set properties and contents.
The problem is, some of the files have not been saved ...
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How to search recursively for a string in linux?
I want to search recursively for files containing a string. I want to search:
Files in and under the directory I'm standing in currently
A specific directory.
I want to see only results. I don't ...
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Start Opera's Find command from the current page location
In the Opera browser when using the Find command to locate something on the current page, it begins its search at the top of the page.
Is there a way force the search to start from the current ...
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What is the Deep web? [closed]
I recently stumbled upon this site which claims that the deep web is a tremendous section of the world wide web that isn’t accessible via regular queries through Yahoo, Google or various other search ...
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Sleeping external hard drive slows down program search in Windows 7
I am running Windows 7 and have a couple of external hard drives attached via USB. The external hard drives are configured to spin down when not used for a while.
The downside of this is that when I ...
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Is there a program which can count occurrence of a certain string in a binary file?
I have a binary file and I need to count occurrences of certain string in this file or even list then with offsets. In windows or Linux (for this task I use Fedora 12 and w2k).
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How to search for mails from non-contacts? [migrated]
I'd like to clean up my inbox and want to search for mails from people who are not in my contacts...
Ideally it would be something like: -from:(is:contact) but is:contact isn't an actual advanced ...
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Seach in iTunes by file location
Is there a way to have iTunes show where a file is located, and search on that field?
I know I can "get info" on individual files, but that isn't feasible for large numbers of files,nor is it a ...
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Incorporate results of a Twitter search into a list [migrated]
Is there some way I can include the results of a Twitter keyword search into an existing Twitter list? I have a list that includes members who talk about a keyword extensively. I would like to extend ...
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When I order files by an unusual meta column, does the computer read headers of the files or just a structured list like a data table?
Is there a file system which will reduce the need for indexing files and saves the meta headers automatically on the disk? It would work like a hardware acceleration for indexing all files for some ...
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Certain email does not show up in Outlook search results
I have an issue with Outlook 2010. Some emails simply won't show in the search results. I'm trying, for instance, to search for the title of this email and it simply does not work no matter what I do ...
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getting the submitted information on the first page of google search [closed]
I created a HTML page and hosted it on a server. That had my contact details. Now i want to see that information on the first page of google search. Is there any way i can do this ? Also I have ...
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How to add tags to mp3 files to make them searchable by tag and combinations of tags?
I have a collection of mp3s where each one is described with a series of 1-6 words that describe the characteristics of the song. Currently, I have merely added these words to the end of the file's ...
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How to search for and sort all lines found using vim?
I have some c++ includes that I want to sort:
#ifndef t
#define t
#include <b>
#include <a>
#include <c>
#endif
I can shift-v to highlight the #include lines and then do :sort ...
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Automatically switch to browse results tab in navigation pane when searching
Is there a way to have Word switch the navigation pane from the Browse the headings in your document tab (my preferred default) to the Browse the results from your current search tab when I type a ...
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Microsoft Outlook 2003 Search Tools
Does anyone know of any free add-ons for Microsoft Outlook 2003 or later that will allow you to search email?
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Does Chrome suggest search terms according to the content in other tabs?
I've noticed that several times, when I start typing a search term into Chrome, the suggestions presented are terms already in one of the tabs I have open. For example, if I have "We didn't start the ...
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Is there a way to find a site by an image they link to? [migrated]
I have a url for an image that I downloaded, and I'm trying to locate the site that linked to it.
E.g.
http://12345.blob.windows.net/random/abc123.jpg
The image hosting site is windows.net.
Is ...
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outlook 2010 custom search, where is the read/unread field?
I am trying to create a custom search folder in outlook 2010. I am using the "advanced" tab in the "search folder criteria" dialog. One of the criteria I need is the read/unread status of an message. ...
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Outlook 2011 Mac OSX 10.7.3 search returning no results
An iMac running Mac OSX 10.7.3 and Outlook 2011 14.1.4 is unable to return any search results for mailboxes on the server or locally, contacts, calendar items or tasks.
Spotlight functions normally ...
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How to make the “~~” in Windows 7 search default
From experimental data, I try to put in some "metadata" directly into the filename (for various compatibility reasons), one such example is:
...
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How to find all files in directory that contain UTF-8 BOM (byte-order mark)?
On Windows, I need to find all files in a directory that contain UTF-8 BOM (byte-order mark). Which tool can do that and how?
It can be a PowerShell script, some text editor's advanced search feature ...
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How can I stop Windows Indexing from running?
XP Pro, SP3.
I now use "Everything" for search. How can I stop Windows Indexing from running?
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How to search for files that don't have the input string in Windows?
I'm wonder to search files that don't have the input. For example I have the files AAB , ABC , BC, DE and ...
I want to search for files that don't have A in their names. Like this output : BC ...
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How to open a PDF from a window command line and do a search with a string containing blanks?
Some have mentioned opening Adobe acrobat from a command line and searching for a particular string, and it works. My issue is if the string contains blanks. What is the syntax if the string you are ...
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Faster grepping through lots of bulky text files
I have log files that are 500 mb each and there are 200 of such files.
I need to grep certain patterns inside these files. But this takes up a lot of time!
Is there a (open source) software that can ...
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Find multiple files in linux
I am searching for files in linux and am able to execute the command to search for a single type of format e.g *.jpg but would like to find all files with *.jpg and *.css in one command.
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How can I disable the search bar getting focus?
I am a Windows 7 user and my browser is Firefox 11. Lately I've been having this pain in the ass problem that seems to not get solved no matter where I go. So, here it goes.
I use key bindings to ...
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Find a certain value in files on OS X
On every OS I have ever been on I have found a way to find in files. That is obtain a list of files that have a certain values in them.
So it would seem that the Finder is the place to start. Not ...
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Why does my google chrome search engine box always appear empty?
Why does my google chrome search engine box always appear empty? First thought I was entering search sites like amazon incorrectly. Then realized that I could not see the site I had just entered, no ...
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Has Anyone Made a Program to Manage Scripts (Non-CM)? Recommendations?
I find myself often writing shell scripts in Linux and losing track of them over time. What I would love is a program that stores a copy of the script, along with a descriptive note I write at the ...
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Search for multiple keywords in Picasa
I keep pictures of pools in Picasa. Each picture has the basic info in its file name.
How can I search for pictures having ANY of several keywords?
E.g. I'd like to find pools that are round OR ...
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which file search utilities also include a preview of found lines?
I've searched for this and haven't found it, maybe I'm not using the right terms. I'm looking for a file search utility in Windows 7 that will:
search for files in specific directories
search for ...
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Windows 7 Search Part of Filename
I'm trying to search for all files that contain the word "box". I get results for files that start with box, such as "box01", "boxcar" etc. But I do not get files that end with or contain the search ...
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What tool can produce the line count of a text?
I don't want it to delete the rest or anything but just to quickly report the number of lines the text I just entered is included.
Is there a tool that quickly finds "the number of lines in this text ...
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Firefox removes http:// and treats URLs with spaces as searches
I routinely visit pages like http://trac.server/milestone/Milestone Name Here. In Firefox (11.0 on Ubuntu, but this has happened for a while), the URL is displayed as trac.server/milestone/Milestone ...
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Linux, how to search some text in a PDF File
I would like to search some text in a PDF file. For example, where is the word "go to" in my PDF? If you find it, what page is there?
I find this command line :
find /TEMP -name 'manu.pdf' -exec ...
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Grep-like tool for all filetypes?
Is there a grep/ack/grin-like tool for all filetypes (including MS Office, PDF, etc)? I frequently find myself wanting to search a folder or an entire disk for strings inside files that are more than ...
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Alias for recursive case insensitive search in current directory
How do I set an alias, such as "mysearch", which will search for a string recursively in the directory I'm standing in. It should be as below:
mysearch "this table..."
=
find -type f -exec grep ...
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Search for chmod 777 in terminal
I'm working with a system where a few files and maps seem to have permission 777.
I want to change them to a more secure chmod, but I don't have a list of all the 777-files.
I could do a terminal ...
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Search recursively for a string containing whitespaces
I want to search for "this table..." string under /home/myuser directory recursively, ie in all files under /home/myuser and in all directories and sub-directories under /home/myuser.
/home/myuser ...
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Excel or Batch - Trying to Automate Text Correction (Many Changes; One or More Characters Each)
I have a lot of lines of text. I can put them into a text file or into an Excel spreadsheet. They need many changes. Here's an example of a before and after:
Input: I'm buying one! Only ...
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Why does Spotlight not return the correct result?
I dont know if the search features on most operating system is bogus or I am getting it wrong.
I am looking for a particular file where css property is set like
left:-59px;
I perform search on ...
