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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How can I search by SearchFormat in the wildcard text in Excel?
For example, there are 100(row) x 20(column) cells in a sheet, and every single cell has 5 lines. Some lines are in red, some are marked with strike-through, etc. How can I search all lines in red? ...
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Is it possible to backward search through the `Alpine` inbox?
I am using Alpine (formerly Pine) for email. I can search for words in the inbox using w and the keyword. However this searches from the oldest to the newest items which is not always efficient when ...
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Can't search for a certain word in a PDF on OS X
I'm searching this PDF (84 pages) for the word 'software', which appears regularly – but neither Safari or Preview can find it.
If I search for 'soft' it finds instances like "VISSOFT', which is ...
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Why can I not see LocalLow and Local when I type in %AppData% into the Windows 7 Start Button Search, and how can I fix this issue?
I typed %AppData% into the search box in Windows 7 that I get when when I click the Start Button. For some reason, all I see is the Roaming folder, ever thought I have confirmed that LocalLow and ...
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Search exe file for English words
I am trying to find out if there are open source components in an app I found online. I have skimmed the file in a Hex editor but can't spend the hours that would be required going line by line ...
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Save search results
In the Directory Service Find dialog, I'm given the option to save my search, but not save the results. How can I save the results of the search?
Would it be easier to copy the directory, if my ...
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how to do a vim search inverse search for all lines with out text
with grep I can do a grep -v "my search" to get all the lines with out "my search"
with sed I can
sed '/baz/!s/foo/bar/g' to find replace text on lines with out baz
Is there a way to do the same ...
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Searching files in the server and searching string inside the source code
Are there software that enables you to search files or string inside your sourcecode that's on the server? The text editor i'm currently using is Coda by Panic and the Server i'm using is Amazon EC2. ...
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Disable or remove youtube movie recommendations [migrated]
When I search for "movie 2010 trailers" to view trailers of movies that came out in 2010. I get flooded with recommendations to buy youtube's movies and only 3 results are actual youtube videos.
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How to prevent Firefox converting 'localhost/*' URLs into search queries?
Since upgrading from Firefox 3.6.x, my address bar has a quirk that never used to be there. When I type in, for example:
localhost/my_dir/index.php
Firefox turns it into a search query, my search ...
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A more stable alternative Meta Tracker Linux search system
An indexed search system is a very convenient tool for many computer-related tasks.
I have been using Meta Tracker for a few years on Ubuntu and have met a lot of issues:
sometimes the Tracker icon ...
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Can I use booleans (AND, OR) in Thunderbird's quick filter field?
Is there a way to use in Thunderbird's quick filter bar to use Boolean filters (like AND, OR, NOT)?
I would like to be able to (for example) search on emails send by either Joe OR Jane. See below ...
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Searching Active Directory for “Office”
Our AD is a bit of a mess and I'm trying to tidy things up a little bit. I'm trying to search AD to find anything in the 'Office' field. For example if 'Head Office' is in that box I need to find ...
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JIRA Search by multiple previous Issue Keys
If you move an issue from one Project to another in Jira it is given a new Key in the new Project.
It stores the previous Key somehow because you can put the old Key in the Quick Search box and it ...
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Is there any better/alternate search engine than Google, Yahoo, Bing, Ask, Dogpile or Duckduckgo? [migrated]
Back in the days information from search engines in the World Wide Web (WWW)
where uncensored and less controlled than today.
In present times most Application Browser (Firefox,Safari,IE,etc)
comes ...
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Simple searching of one directory of HTML files [closed]
I have a directory of files like so:
accordance-temporary-downloads
accordance-temporary-downloads.md
add-to-dock-from-commandline
add-to-dock-from-commandline.md
dock-settings-via-defaults-write
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Windows Quick Search Extremely Slow [closed]
Possible Duplicate:
How to speed up Windows 7 search?
My windows 7 computer has been very sluggish lately and one of the main areas I've noticed is the quick search (windows key type what ...
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Why is Chrome sending me to the Google homepage when I try to search?
A few days ago, Google Chrome started acting up. Whenever I ctrl+T for a new tab, enter some search terms and hit Enter, I'm taken to a blank Google homepage with this URL: ...
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Using Google (or other) search for finding number of web pages that inlcude a specific script file
Using Google (or any other) search, is there a way to find out the number of websites that have included a particular javascript file? Like, for example, if I want to find out the approximate number ...
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Customising Google search [migrated]
When I search for something with Google, I often get a comment that goes something like
Whoa, your search query is too interesting; showing results that other users searched for instead.
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Searching for Extensionless Files in Windows 7
I cannot for the life of me figure out a way to have Windows 7 Explorer search for files with no extension. In XP it was nice and simple: just search for files named *. but in 7, that does not work ...
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Outlook Messages are invisible, but viewable via search
I have a User who received 3 emails which he tried to move to a subfolder via drag'n'drop. After moving them he viewed the folder but it was shown as empty.
This is a simplified version of the folder ...
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How to index a removeable hard drive with a library?
I've got several gigabytes of various books in various formats just sitting on my hard drive, as well as few removable 80Gb drives, so I thought - why not create library drives.
I would like a ...
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What is the name for portable computers with screen sizes below 10.1 inches? [closed]
I am looking for a portable computer with a screen size less than 10.1 inches but have difficulty searching for it. I believe that it is due to the fact that I do not know the correct name of the ...
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Is there a way in Gnome's file browser widget to 1) search for internal strings and 2) repeatedly search?
In Gnome's file browser widget, it's possible to search for files by simply beginning to type.
Problems:
1) This only searches the beginning of filenames. For instance, in the screenshot below, I ...
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Bash - is there a way to search for a string (or pattern) in your current directory? [closed]
Possible Duplicate:
Search for a text pattern in linux
Bash: is there a way to search for a particular string in a directory of files?
Let's say I am in a certain directory which contains ...
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Windows 7 Search Network Path
Is there any way to index a UNC / Network Path with Windows 7 without making that path "Always Available offline"?
With Windows XP there was Windows Desktop Search that allowed to index a UNC Path ...
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Command line tool to search docx file under ms dos or cygwin
Is there a command line tool that is able to search .docx file under MS DOS or Cygwin ?
I have tried Grep, it's not working with .docx while working fine with .txt file.
I know I could always ...
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Windows 7 64bit search bar is buggered
When I search for something in the Windows 7 Start Menu, I am only given categories.
Screenshot:
I have tried the following, to no avail:
Deleted registry keys
Restarted, stopped, started, ...
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Downvoting a Google web search result [migrated]
Google added a '+1' feature to promote certain results. Once a few people upvote a result, it's universally seen closer to the top of the results page.
The Google Help pages include a way to report ...
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Turn the Firefox location bar into Google search
A few months ago, when I typed something completely irrelevant in the location bar of Firefox, it would take me to Google search results. When I typed something like "facebook", it would take me to ...
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How to add search site bookmarklet for IE9?
Adding a bookmark to Firefox with this script as url makes it possible to search any site with the simple click of a bookmark (or typing assigned hotkey in the url box):
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Search for all windows folders containing a single file (as opposed to 2+ files)?
Kind of an odd parameter, but it would be useful if I could run a search that returned only folders that contain a single file. Folders with 2 or more files don't get returned. Can this be done in ...
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How Do I Disable Google Search Autocorrect?
I'm using Chrome right now and Google's auto-correct "feature" is really grating on my nerves. It's constantly merging two words into one and screwing with what I type. I don't care if I make a ...
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Indexed image search with advanced image dimensions selection in Linux
I am looking for an indexed search utility for Linux that can query images by their dimensions (width and height).
I think nepomuk and tracker can do what I want, but I wasn't able to find any useful ...
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How can Windows be prevented from automatically redoing a search in the Search Results window?
The problem I have with it is that when you perform a search, Windows keeps spontaneously redoing the search. It seems that the most likely cause is when a file in the list is renamed or deleted ...
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Bulk search and replace
I have more than 1000 php files.
I need to BULK search and replace a text.
I want to serach and replace both file content and filenames.
Is there any script or software available to do that?
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Can't find a particular message in Apple Mail on OS X Lion
I can't find a particular message in my mails using Apple Mail on Mac OS X Lion. It connects to my mail server by IMAP.
I select my inbox (the one I want to search)
On the top right corner I have a ...
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Desktop/server search engine with night time indexing
Is there some desktop/server search engine (such as Google Desktop or Copernic) satisfying the below requests.
Requests:
Must work on Windows server and Windows 7 environments.
Indexing can be ...
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Search & replace with wildcards and variable length strings in Notepad++
I am trying to edit a series of strings in Notepad++ using search & replace. What I'd like to do is to search for a particular piece of HTML code, then delete a portion of it. The challenging ...
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Is there a way to save the file listing from a Windows file search to a text file?
Is there a way to save the file listing from a Windows search to a text file?
I have had to search from My Computer over 6 drives for a file spec. I can't believe that there is no way to save the ...
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Firefox combobox search
There are sometimes comboboxes on web pages (also known as <select> tags) with so many options that it is hard to read them all.
A solution would be a plugin or extension to search big ...
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Windows 7 Start Menu: “Search programs and files”
In Windows 7, after pressing the Win key, you can type keywords to search for programs. How does Windows 7 determine the order of the search results? Sometimes it seems depends on the frequency you ...
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Finder: How to make default search in folder the current folder?
When searching on using the search bar in Finder, the default search is "This Mac". I want it to be the current folder. How to change?
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Full-Text Search Through My Bookmarks?
I would like to be able to search through pages which I have bookmarked. Like a Google search but limited to my bookmarks.
Firefox allows you to search through your bookmarks but only the URL, Title ...
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Outlook 2007 search folders with address wildcards and “OR” conditions?
How can I create a search folder with addresses that are not in my address book?
For example, I'd like to have a "SomeCo" search folder, that contains the search query "from:someco OR to:someco"
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Tool to help search files with different selection parameters
I 'm looking out for a tool which could provide me a PC search by various parameters such as File Type, File Size (min to max), Folders & File Selection.
Is there a software that could do fast ...
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How can I find a particular file without extension in Linux?
I've wondered recently if there is any way to look for archives|pics|media in Linux dirs?
I can do it using the find command like this:
find ./ -iname "*.tar"
or
find ./ -regex ...
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Search text in list of files
I'm trying to execute double search within files and return file names.
I'm using
find ./ -iname '*txt' | xargs grep "searchtext" -sl
to find file names with 'searchtext' in them.
Command is ...
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Search keyword conflict in firefox
Where can I change the search keywords that I've added with "Add a Keyword for this Search..." ?
I've set "m" for google maps (which doesn't work by the way), and I'd like to change it to metacritic. ...
