Is searching files possible??

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I want to search for a line inside files ending in .log only.

How can I do it please tell, I've tried everything! Seems that this ability is lost in windows 7?
 

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EFS is a really cool tool which does the job. I've been used it in WinXP too and its faster than the default search in Windows.

Pity, searching for text inside files functionality is not there in 7
 

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What is this EFS you speak of? Link?
 

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I believe that he is referring to the link that I posted above...Effective File Search.
 

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ASRock 890FX Deluxe 4/**A8N-SLI
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EVGA GTX460 SC/**EVGA 8800GTS
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CM RS600 w/ APC BX1000G/**Antec 500 TP w/ APC BX1000
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Disappointing, XPs default search was a lot more powerful and intuitive.
 

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Well, if you have the OS version required, and the hardware required, you could probably use XP's search feature in W7,
 

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2 x 2GB Patriot PGS34g1600LLKA/**4x1GB Corsair VS
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EVGA GTX460 SC/**EVGA 8800GTS
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Asus Xonar D2X/**Xonar D1
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Acer X233H, Dell E152FPc /**LG M237-WD
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1920x1080 & 1024x768/**1980x1080
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WDC 2TB, 1.5TB, 1TB, 500GB,Seagate 500GB , Maxtor 80GB /**500GB Seagate & WDC 1TB Black
PSU
CM RS600 w/ APC BX1000G/**Antec 500 TP w/ APC BX1000
Case
HAF922/**Antec 1040IIB
Cooling
3x200mm, 1x140 and 1x120mm/**5x80mm fans
Keyboard
Logitech Media USB/**Saitek Eclipse
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Cordless Trackman Wheel/**Ditto
Internet Speed
3.3Mbps
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SB 560 5.1 w/ Sennheiser RS140/**Creative T20 speakers, Dvico FusionHDTV7 Gold RT, Cisco E3000, HP 5510V AIO, Linksys E3000, Belkin F5U237 hub and **F5D8055 adapter
(** = 2nd rig)
Windows 7's search is a million times better than Windows XP's. You can easily search for text inside files in indexed locations. Have you got Indexing Service disabled?
 

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Yes I have indexing disabled, I only want to search a few text files, most of the drive is not text files and useless to index.
 

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If you regulary need to search the contents of system files, you should consider indexing system folders. Then you can search in *.log files like this:
ext:log text to search
 

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pezzonovante said:
Windows 7's search is a million times better than Windows XP's. You can easily search for text inside files in indexed locations. Have you got Indexing Service disabled?
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In XP you could search for text inside files without indexing (of course it was slow). I personally dont prefer indexing files and i dont search inside files very often, so I use EFS.
 

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HP EliteBook 8530w Mobile Workstation
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Windows 7 Ultimate x64 (XP, 98SE, 95, 3.11, DOS 7.10 on VM) + Ubuntu 10.04 LTS Lucid Lynx
CPU
Intel Core 2 Duo Processor P8600 (2.40 GHz, 3 MB L2 cache)
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Mobile Intel PM45 Express Chipset ICH9M-Enhanced
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4GB 800 MHz DDR2 SDRAM
Graphics Card(s)
ATI Mobility FireGL V5700 with 256 MB
Sound Card
SoundMAX Integrated Digital HD Audio
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15.4-inch WXGA anti-glare (1280 x 800 resolution)
Screen Resolution
1280 x 800
Hard Drives
500GB + 1TB
Mouse
Synaptics PS/2 Port Touchpad, USB Mouse
Internet Speed
4 Mbps
Antivirus
MSE
Browser
Firefox, Chrome, IE
Other Info
Authentec AES2810 Fingerprint Reader
windows 7 has an excellent search after indexing, can someone confirm the following,
after indexing, it will not be to heavy on windows.
 

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Interesting...

I need to search for something INSIDE the file, so ext:log content:..... would work. But when I run that it searches for a minute and returns nothing, even though I know results exist.
 

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Answer: must go to folder options and enable searching file contents for non-indexed areas. Yay!!!!!
 

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