Find in Files dialog box¶
This dialog box appears when the Find in Files command
is selected. You can specify a string to find and other options to find in
files. Enter a string to search for. If this is a multi-line text box, you can enter newline characters by pressing CTRL + ENTER. While the drop-down list is open, you may press ALT + DELETE to clear the selected history item. File types to search within. Wild cards (* and ?) can be used. Also multiple
file types can be separated with semicolons (;). Click this button to show the list of available commands. Current File Type When this is checked, the dialog box initializes the File Types drop-down list using the current file type. Current File Extension When this is checked, the dialog box initializes the File Types drop-down list using the current file extension. Current File When this is checked, the dialog box initializes the File Types drop-down list using the current file. Last Used Value When this is checked, the dialog box initializes the File Types drop-down list box with the last used string. Fixed Value When this is checked, the dialog box initializes the File Types drop-down list box with the string set as the fixed value. Auto Save Saves the option (Current File Type, Current File Extension, Current File or Last Used Value) as the default for the next time the dialog box is displayed. The commands also includes the list of available escape sequences or regular expressions. Selecting an item from the list will insert the selected item into the text box next to the button. Specify the folder to be searched. Click this button to show the list of available commands. Current Folder When this is checked, the dialog box initializes the In Folder drop-down list box with the current folder. Parent Folder When this is checked, the dialog box initializes the In Folder drop-down list box with the current parent folder. Grand Parent Folder When this is checked, the dialog box initializes the In Folder drop-down list box with the current grandparent folder. Root Folder When this is checked, the dialog box initializes the In Folder drop-down list box with the current root folder. Last Used Value When this is checked, the dialog box initializes the In Folder drop-down list box with the last used string. Fixed Value When this is checked, the dialog box initializes the In Folder drop-down list box with the string set as the fixed value. Browse Allows you to browse or search for the desired folder. Browse and Add Allows you to browse or search for the desired folder, and add to the existing specified folders. Auto Save Saves the option (Current Folder, Parent Folder, Grand Parent Folder, Root Folder, Last Used Value or Browse) as the default for the next time the dialog box is displayed. The commands also includes the list of available escape sequences or regular expressions. Selecting an item from the list will insert the selected item into the text box next to the button. Match cases when searching for a string. Looks in subfolders of In Folder drop-down list box. Search words only. A word is defined as a string that begins and ends with
any of these characters: A – Z, a – z, 0 – 9, or an underscore. Strings
surrounded by full-width characters are considered as words. When using regular expressions, this check box may not work correctly. When using regular expressions, please use word boundary expressions (\<, \>, and \b) instead. Close the dialog box when finished searching. Select the encoding. If you select Configured Encoding, the encoding associated with the opened file extension will be selected. Statistically detect code page from all available code pages. The detection can make
mistakes especially when the file is very small. This option does not include HTML/XML charset detection. Find "charset=..." from HTML files, "encoding=..." from XML files, or "#coding=..." from Python and Ruby files, and use the corresponding encoding. If you open HTML, XML, Python, or Ruby files, check only this option and clear the other options. Statistically detect UTF-8. Saves the encoding-related options (Encoding drop-down list box, and Detect All, Detect HTML/XML Charset, and Detect UTF-8 check boxes) as default so that these options will be restored next time when you open this dialog box. Selects how results are displayed. Document Displays the Find in Files results as a list as a new document. Output Bar Displays the Find in Files results as a list in the Output Bar. Directly Open Directly open the document that includes the specified string. Directly Open and Filter Directly open the document that includes the specified string, and set the specified string as the filter. Selects how results are displayed. Display File Names, Lines, and Matched Lines File names, line numbers, and the whole lines containing the searched string will be displayed as results. Display File Names Only Only file names will be displayed and the whole lines containing the searched string will not be displayed as results. Display Matched Lines Only Only the whole lines containing the searched string will be displayed as results. Display Matched Strings Only Only the matched strings will be displayed as results. Display File Names, Lines, and Matched Strings File names, line numbers and matched strings will be displayed. Display File Names and Matched Strings File names and matched strings will be displayed. EmEditor will stop searching files if the number of matches reaches the specified value when this check box is set. Add a Linked File... Select a file that contains multiple find strings separated by newlines. This is similar to Import, but a linked file only contains find strings. A linked file also uses less memory, because the file is shown as one entry in the Find list box. Displays the list of find strings to be used for the batch process. The following abbreviations are used for the Condition column. C Match Case R Use Regular Expressions W Search Only Word E Match Only Embedded Newlines in CSV S Treat CR and LF Separately D Regular Expression "." can Match Newlines B Use Boost.Regex as the Regular Expression Engine O Use Onigmo as the Regular Expression Engine Enables or disables all items in the list. Toggles between the Batch Find in Files dialog box and the Batch Find dialog box. This dialog box can be resized by dragging the right-bottom corner of the dialog box. When the dialog box becomes larger, a multi-line string can be entered as a search term. While multi-line text box is enabled, CTRL + ENTER key can be used to
insert newline characters. The following dialog box is also available through this dialog box. Advanced dialog box (Select Advanced button) Extract Options dialog box (Select Extract Options) Batch Options dialog box (Select Batch Options)Find drop-down list box¶
File Types drop-down list box¶
> button¶
In Folder drop-down list box¶
> button¶
Match Case check box¶
Look in Subfolders check box¶
Match Whole Word check box¶
Close when Finished check box¶
Encoding drop-down list box¶
Detect All check box¶
Detect HTML/XML Charset check box¶
Detect UTF-8 check box¶
Save Settings check box¶
Output As drop-down list box¶
Output Options drop-down list box¶
Stop if number of matches reaches check box/text box¶
▼ button¶
List box¶
Enable/Disable All check box¶
<< Batch button¶