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OT: Search Engines for PC Searching?

Does there exist a search engine for the PC that allows searching your hard-drive for files that contain MULTIPLE words, like Google can do on the web?

...Jim Thompson

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Jim Thompson
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You missed the "multiple" words requirement.

BTW, How is it you're still using Win98? Biggest POS ever written.

...Jim Thompson

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|  James E.Thompson, P.E.                           |    mens     |
|  Analog Innovations, Inc.                         |     et      |
|  Analog/Mixed-Signal ASIC\'s and Discrete Systems  |    manus    |
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|  E-mail Address at Website     Fax:(480)460-2142  |  Brass Rat  |
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Jim Thompson

Yep, google desktop.

Charles

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Charles W. Johson Jr.

Copernic desktop search works better - much tidier too.

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Don Pearce

I read in sci.electronics.design that Jim Thompson wrote (in ) about 'OT: Search Engines for PC Searching?', on Thu, 17 Mar

2005:

Google Desktop Search.

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John Woodgate

Re: Woodgate's suggestion

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The Global Regular Expression Parser has been around for decades.

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Through redirection of output, it is possible to do recursive searches.

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JeffM

Damn. Forgot the big one:

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(A review--includes Ask Jeeves & HotBot as well.) Mentions AOL & Copernic.

....and another caveat:

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JeffM

If you can deal with regular expression, PowerGREP is a pretty nice search tool. You can do GREP and SED operations from the pretty GUI.

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If your not familiar with regex, then ignore this suggestion.

Mark

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qrk

"GREP" is such an appropriately sounding name ;-)

Actually, Mark, I use REGEX from within UltraEdit to auto-edit HSpice models to PSpice format, so I'll give it a look-see.

Thanks!

...Jim Thompson

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|  James E.Thompson, P.E.                           |    mens     |
|  Analog Innovations, Inc.                         |     et      |
|  Analog/Mixed-Signal ASIC\'s and Discrete Systems  |    manus    |
|  Phoenix, Arizona            Voice:(480)460-2350  |             |
|  E-mail Address at Website     Fax:(480)460-2142  |  Brass Rat  |
|       http://www.analog-innovations.com           |    1962     |
             
I love to cook with wine.      Sometimes I even put it in the food.
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Jim Thompson

The Boxer text editor allows this sort of search. And its a great programming editor.

Pity it cant search binary files, like PDF, as well.

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Check

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I've used Agent Ransack for years, with much satisfaction.

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pH

Thanks! That looks excellent! Just ordered the Pro version.

...Jim Thompson

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|  James E.Thompson, P.E.                           |    mens     |
|  Analog Innovations, Inc.                         |     et      |
|  Analog/Mixed-Signal ASIC\'s and Discrete Systems  |    manus    |
|  Phoenix, Arizona            Voice:(480)460-2350  |             |
|  E-mail Address at Website     Fax:(480)460-2142  |  Brass Rat  |
|       http://www.analog-innovations.com           |    1962     |
             
I love to cook with wine.      Sometimes I even put it in the food.
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Jim Thompson

Woody Lenord has an $9.95 ebook on the topic of desktop searching tools.

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He mentions ones that are out there free as: Google desktop

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Copernic Desktop

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MSN desktop

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Lookout But this seems to just search MS Outlook email files

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Yahoo Search

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Robert

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Robert

And I should have mentioned the not free one that a lot of people use to organize what's on their computers:

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Robert

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Robert

I use Copernic, but is limited to about 4 or 5 everyday file types. Be prepared - it can take your computer a whole day to index - subject to folder choice.

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Chris

Outstanding! (it's another on my very long and ever growing list of things to do--get FLPro)

Jeff

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pH

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