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Catfish File Search - pauloz - 07-07-2015
Is there a way of searching text or phrases within Word/LibreOffice or PDF files using Catfish? If not, can anybody suggest a suitable alternative? I know a grep Command can be used in Terminal but it looks way over my head - would prefer something graphical if available.
Thanks in advance.
Re: Catfish File Search - Valtam - 07-07-2015
Press Ctrl+F from within any document type to search it, or enable 'Fulltext Search' in Catfish.
Re: Catfish File Search - pauloz - 07-07-2015
Thanks but I've already tried that and didn't work. I'm searching for an exact phrase comprising just a few words and want to know which doc file it came from. I also checked "Exact Match" as well as "Fulltext Search" but yielded no result. The file is definitely on my computer among a few hundred others!
Re: Catfish File Search - Valtam - 07-07-2015
Then you may have to resort to grep. Don't let the command line intimidate you. http://www.thegeekstuff.com/2009/03/15-practical-unix-grep-command-examples/
Re: Catfish File Search - pauloz - 07-07-2015
Thanks Jerry but Recoll did it for me after a bit of tweaking. Thrilled with the results.
Appreciate your help - keep the LL flag flying!
Re: Catfish File Search - shengchieh - 07-08-2015
Fyi, LL also has the terminal command, find . On a terminal do
man find
Warning: alittle geeky.
Sheng-Chieh