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Searching for files that do not contain a word

Posted: Thu Jun 07, 2012 9:15 am
by patrmich
Hi,

I have a directory of html files.

I would like to search for files that do not contain the word "option"

Is there a way to make this search when using Text Crawler ?

Thank you in advance for nay help.

Patrick

Re: Searching for files that do not contain a word

Posted: Thu Jun 07, 2012 10:24 pm
by Fool4UAnyway
You can show files that do contain the word, but you can also show files that do not contain the word (instead). See the menu.

For instance, you can have all files listed and sort them by the number of matches and make a selection based on that.

The easiest way, of course, is to have only those files that do not match, shown.

Re: Searching for files that do not contain a word

Posted: Fri Jun 08, 2012 8:39 am
by patrmich
I thank you for your reply.

I am sorry to say that I do not really understand the reply (maybe because of my poor English understanding (as my mother language is French)

To be more precise, I do not see where, in the menu, I have the possibility to select the option to have all files listed (and then sort them by number of matches)

I thank you again in advance for any further help.

Patrick

Re: Searching for files that do not contain a word

Posted: Fri Jun 08, 2012 2:04 pm
by patrmich
Sorry for my previous today post.

I finally realized that I could do what you suggested in Menu > View > List Files with no Matches

Thank you again,

Patrick