Find String Application Synopsis

The Find String application was built to allow application developers, html writers,  system/network administrators, and others to find a key word or phrase in many lines of many text files quickly and efficiently.  Application developers can, for example, wire it into the Microsoft C++ visual work bench through its Options/Tools menu to enrich the editing capability by allowing them to find all instances of a key work or phrase in their project.  It can also be used stand-alone by developers, html writers, administrators et. al. who need to find a piece of information in one or more lines of many files located in a single directory.  For those folks like me, who can't remember where they defined a variable 20 minutes ago, its essential. 

The application was designed to handle in excess of 1000 files from a single directory as long as you only expect the application to find just a few lines per file (there is a display limitation).  The application expects to find a newline character, as a minimum, at the end of each line and will not process files that are not constructed in this manner.  Files generated by word processors generally do not fall into this category unless they are saved in ASCII/text.  When the application encounters such a file, it warns you and excludes that file from any further search so if you are unsure of the format, search it.  The search string is limited to 255 characters.

In today's networking environment, many files can be manipulated on foreign machines.  The UNIX file type is supported automatically for those who need to remotely find a key word or phrase in text files that conform to the UNIX file standard, assuming of course, that you have network access.

The application is easy and safe to use, just type in the string, select whether or not you want it to match case and/or be a whole word, select one or more files you want it to search, and Begin!