johnsone@uxh.cso.uiuc.edu (07/26/90)
/* 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 \