Search for files by content string?

nekokami · 12-01-2006, 10:30 AM

I thought I saw the answer to this somewhere, but I can't find it now. Can you search for a text-based file by content, i.e. search through all your files for those containing a specific string? (Not including scanned PDFs, PNGs, etc.)

This is separate from a feature of being able to search within a file -- I imagine that depends on the viewer. (Do any of the viewers on the iLiad provide this?)

Thanks,

Mambo · 12-01-2006, 10:55 AM

I think this could be very easily developed by some linux programmers.
There is not such feature yet in the viewers.

arivero · 12-01-2006, 11:17 AM

you need to pop-up the terminal and use grep , or strings | grep. Business as usual

Sergeij2000 · 12-01-2006, 11:49 AM

Searching inside a pdf-file is one of the most important functions missing in the iLiad firmware. I bought the iLiad as a repository for my huge collection of data books and technical manuals, mainly because the claimed to be able to search within files. You can probably imagine my disappointment when i recognized that this function is not existing. In the moment i regard the iLiad as an expensive toy with limited usability. I hope i will see a search function in one of the next updates.

Cheers

Sergeij

nekokami · 12-01-2006, 12:14 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by arivero

you need to pop-up the terminal and use grep , or strings | grep. Business as usual

Not great, but I suppose I could cope. (Does strings | grep look within non-image PDF files?)

There's an opportunity here for one of our utility developers to create a little search tool. (Preferably one that can take pen input.)

12-01-2006, 10:30 AM	#1
nekokami fruminous edugeek Posts: 6,745 Karma: 551260 Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Northeast US Device: iPad, eBw 1150	Search for files by content string? I thought I saw the answer to this somewhere, but I can't find it now. Can you search for a text-based file by content, i.e. search through all your files for those containing a specific string? (Not including scanned PDFs, PNGs, etc.) This is separate from a feature of being able to search within a file -- I imagine that depends on the viewer. (Do any of the viewers on the iLiad provide this?) Thanks,

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12-01-2006, 10:55 AM	#2
Mambo Gadget fan Posts: 147 Karma: 3968 Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: London Device: RM Tablet PC, iLiad, PRS 505, iPod Touch	I think this could be very easily developed by some linux programmers. There is not such feature yet in the viewers.

12-01-2006, 11:17 AM	#3
arivero Guru Posts: 607 Karma: 2157 Join Date: Oct 2005 Device: NCR3125, Nokia 770,...	you need to pop-up the terminal and use grep , or strings \| grep. Business as usual

12-01-2006, 11:49 AM	#4
Sergeij2000 Junior Member Posts: 7 Karma: 10 Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Berlin, Germany Device: iLiad, Treo T650	Searching inside a pdf-file is one of the most important functions missing in the iLiad firmware. I bought the iLiad as a repository for my huge collection of data books and technical manuals, mainly because the claimed to be able to search within files. You can probably imagine my disappointment when i recognized that this function is not existing. In the moment i regard the iLiad as an expensive toy with limited usability. I hope i will see a search function in one of the next updates. Cheers Sergeij

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