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From: johnsone@uxh.cso.uiuc.edu
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.misc
Subject: Re: MAC equivalent of Unix "grep" n
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Date: 26 Jul 90 03:53:00 GMT
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/* Written 11:18 pm  Jul 24, 1990 by cliff@cfa250.harvard.edu */
 > 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.

Any word on where this beast can be found?


Erik A. Johnson, Graduate Student        \ Internet:  johnsone@uxh.cso.uiuc.edu
Aeronautical & Astronautical Engineering  \
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign \