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I want to search the content of text files using Windows 7. I am unable to find stuff like xyz in .txt files that contain text like asd**xyz**asd, not even with the file search option enabled.

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  • Maybe you'll like this: http://tools.tortoisesvn.net/grepWin.html – Oliver Salzburg Jun 05 '12 at 13:56
  • http://superuser.com/questions/106659/unicode-grep-for-windows – akira Jun 05 '12 at 13:58
  • possible duplicate of [Trouble trying to use Windows Search to search for file with a question mark in the content](http://superuser.com/questions/168638/trouble-trying-to-use-windows-search-to-search-for-file-with-a-question-mark-in) – SgtOJ Jun 05 '12 at 14:48
  • Am I safe in assuming that you are indexing the contents .txt files? Are you able to find other strings inside the text file? – Hod - Monica's Army Jun 08 '12 at 21:48

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You can use agent ransack which can see the contents inside the files and also search faster with the file name too. See the feature page.

avirk
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Notepad++ has a feature for searching text in finds ('Find in files' tab under the regular ctrl+f search), and it's a pretty useful text editor in general.

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The easiest for this task is to use a tool like grepWin - if you are looking only for text in text files, or SeekFast - if you want to search in any type of documents.

pamir_miren
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You can use "find" command in command interpreter (cmd.exe). To gain more help, enter:

find /?

Usage:

find "text to find" files_to_find_in_-_can_be_wildcard
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