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From: cliff@cfa250.harvard.edu (Cliff Stoll)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.misc,comp.sys.mac.apps
Subject: Re: MAC equivalent of Unix "grep" needed ... answer:  On-Location!
Message-ID: <2001@cfa253.cfa250.harvard.edu>
Date: 25 Jul 90 04:18:16 GMT
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Organization: Harvard/Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics
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From article <1990Jul19.185505.16535@ecn.purdue.edu>, by jmoore@cidmac.ecn.purdue.edu (James D Moore):
> 
> Is there a Mac Application that works something like "grep" in unix 
> that can search multiple files ? If you know of such a beast let me 
> know. I would especialy like to be able to search multiple files for
> a particular string.

Hey - try On-Location.  It will search your whole hard disk for a particular
word.  You can then immedaitely open each file or search through it.

Works fast, too:  On my Mac Plus, I just scanned my disk 
for files containing the word "Cuckoo" ... took just over a minute
to search 80 Mbytes.   Zippy!

Since it's a desk accessory, it's always available.  Good stuff.

-Cliff Stoll   cliff@cfa.harvard.edu