Search doesn't work for numbers in contents of a file

I'm having no luck figuring this out. So I hope you guys will be able to help.

The search function doesn't work for me when I search for partial numeric strings.

I created a text file and put 123456789 inside it.

Search only seems to find the text file when I do a search for the exact numeric string (contents:123456789)

If I try to search for 34567 (contents:34567) it will not find the file.

The folder I'm searching in is not indexed. But I've also tried indexing it and checked the advanced indexing options. For txt files I checked off Index Properties and File Contents

Also tried adding wildcards and it still won't find the file.

Thanks Britton30 for the warm welcome.

I tried the same search and 1234 worked. It seems like anything in the middle of the 123456789 string, search won't find.

What's strange is I opened the search to the entire system for 23456 and windows found the Alphabet.xml file (C:\Program Files\Common Files\microsoft shared\ink) That file has 123456789 inside which is the same string that's in my test.txt file. But windows only found the Alphabet.xml and not the test.txt.

How I came about this is I need to routinely search a text file for a 11 digit numeric string in lines that have 200+ digits and search would not find it.

Unfortunately I can't. I have a lot of text files in a folder that have records that contain 200+ digits per line and I need to search for a 11 digit string in that particular folder in order to find the line that I need.

Maybe I'll use AstroGrep instead.

vividsix said:

Unfortunately I can't. I have a lot of text files in a folder that have records that contain 200+ digits per line and I need to search for a 11 digit string in that particular folder in order to find the line that I need.

Maybe I'll use AstroGrep instead.

The best search software I have found is Agent Ransack from Mythicsoft. It's free and can be downloaded from;

http://www.mythicsoft.com/page.aspx?type=agentransack&page=home

HTH

Attachment 1: w7

Attachment2: Agent Ransack

Out of curiosity, tested the same in W8 (much improved search interface btw. Index on, File Types ok, Index Properties & File Contents ticked, Advanced options > File contents ticked) but... nothing

We have thousands and thousands of files that have the format <drawing number><designer initials>-<job number> <cust./job name>

For instance

the format for one of my drawing names would be "3412JO-52006 cree.pdf"

when is search for "cree", it pops up

when i type in "52006" - (which is the most important search when trying to find all the drawings for a job) it returns no results.

This worked fine in XP, but cannot get it to work in 7.

Could really use some help, I use this search format every day, several times a day.

joetremble said:

We have thousands and thousands of files that have the format <drawing number><designer initials>-<job number> <cust./job name>

For instance

the format for one of my drawing names would be "3412JO-52006 cree.pdf"

when is search for "cree", it pops up

when i type in "52006" - (which is the most important search when trying to find all the drawings for a job) it returns no results.

This worked fine in XP, but cannot get it to work in 7.

Could really use some help, I use this search format every day, several times a day.

It is always a good idea to start your own thread. But, since we are already here, have you tried Agent Ransack?