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From: Adam.Frix@p2.f200.n226.z1.FIDONET.ORG (Adam Frix)
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Subject: text search program needed
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Date: 19 Aug 90 19:06:04 GMT
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Robin Brooks Kornman  writes in a message on 08/17/90 at 18:07:31 ...

RBK>  I've got large encyclopedia-type files, up to 3 meg--- text-files. 
RBK>   When I was using IBM, I used a very fast,dynamic program called 
RBK>  ASK SAM to do word searches in these text-files. ASK SAM turned 
RBK>  my textfiles into databases and then would pull out every paragraph 
RBK>  that had the term or terms I was lookin for. 
RBK>  Now I'm using a MAC SE with harddisk.  Does anybody know if 
RBK>  there is an equivalent of ASK SAM for MAC?  It would do fast 
RBK>  searches of large files and could use BOOLEAN logic to do word 
RBK>  searches.... it would be able to put together all the entries 
RBK>  between two CRs into one file and dis- play them. 

On Location, from ON Technolgy Inc., should do what you need.

--Adam--
 

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