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[[File:Ultraedit find in files.png|right]]
Find in files allows you to search for a string in multiple files in a location of your choosing. The files don't have to be open in UltraEdit.

Enter the string to search for in the '''Find what''' field, which allows a single or multi-line string up to 20,000 bytes.

You can specify the search location(s) in the '''Directory''' field. This field may contain multiple search paths separated by semicolons, i.e.: ''C:\mydir1\; c:\mydir2\''.

The '''In files/types''' field allows you to restrict the search to particular file types by extension. For example, to search only HTML and CSS files, you would use: ''*.html;*.css''. If left empty, all files are searched.

If the '''Find string''' is left empty, UltraEdit will return a list of all file names matching the other search settings. This can be useful in generating a directory listing.

Use the '''In''' setting to set the search area to one of the following:
* '''Files listed''' will search all files in the directory you specify)
* '''Open files''' will search all files open in UltraEdit)
* '''Favorite files''' will search only [Favorite files]
* '''Project files''' will search all files in the open project (this option is disabled if no project is open)

[[File:Ultraedit find i history.png|left]] '''History button'''<br>
This button displays a scrollable find history list.

[[File:Ultraedit find i favorites.png|left]] '''Favorites button'''
This button opens the search favorites menu with the following options:

{|
|Add to Favorites
|adds current item in "Find what" field to Favorites list
|-
|Edit Favorites
|opens Edit [[Find/Replace Favorites]] dialog where you can name favorite search strings, organize the list and remove items from the list
|-
|Favorites
|opens sub-menu to select an existing favorite for the "Find what" string
|-
|}

[[File:Ultraedit find i regexp.png|left]]'''Regular expressions help button'''<br>
This button opens a short regular expression syntax reference for the selected regular expression engine. This button is subdued unless the regular expressions checkbox is checked.

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 * '''Auto-detect''' will attempt to read the first 10 KB (approximately) of each file and automatically detect the encoding. Due to this additional step and processing, this may impact performance of the search.
 * '''Active file''' will use the active file's encoding for all files searched.
-* Beyond the above two options, you can manually set a specific encoding type to use for the search. The encoding type you select will be used for all files searched. This list is populated from the list of encodings the OS supports.
+* Beyond the above two options, you can manually set a specific encoding type to use for the search. The encoding type you select will be used for all files searched. This list is populated from the list of encodings your OS supports.
-Please keep in mind that if the wrong encoding is used for find in files, search results may be inaccurate or incomplete.
+Please keep in mind that if an incorrect encoding is used for find in files, search results may be inaccurate or incomplete.
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 Enter the string to search for in the '''Find what''' field, which allows a single or multi-line string up to 20,000 bytes.
-Note: the '''Find what''' field supports searching for several special characters/strings with special notation. For example, "^t" will match a tab. For a complete list of these values, see [[Special search characters]]. These special characters are valuable for matching non-printable text in files.
+In addition to regular characters and strings, the '''Find what''' field supports searching for several special characters and strings with special notation. For example, "^t" will match a tab. For a complete list of these values, see [[Special search characters]]. These special characters are valuable for matching non-printable text in files.
 You can specify the search location(s) in the '''Directory''' field. This field may contain multiple search paths separated by semicolons, i.e.: ''C:\mydir1\; c:\mydir2\''.

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 Enter the string to search for in the '''Find what''' field, which allows a single or multi-line string up to 20,000 bytes.
-Note: the '''Find what''' field supports searching for several special characters/strings with special notation. For example, "^t" will match a tab. For a complete list of these values, see [Special search characters]. These special characters are valuable for matching non-printable text in files.
+Note: the '''Find what''' field supports searching for several special characters/strings with special notation. For example, "^t" will match a tab. For a complete list of these values, see [[Special search characters]]. These special characters are valuable for matching non-printable text in files.
 You can specify the search location(s) in the '''Directory''' field. This field may contain multiple search paths separated by semicolons, i.e.: ''C:\mydir1\; c:\mydir2\''.

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	Enter the string to search for in the '''Find what''' field, which allows a single or multi-line string up to 20,000 bytes.		Enter the string to search for in the '''Find what''' field, which allows a single or multi-line string up to 20,000 bytes.
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		+	Note: the '''Find what''' field supports searching for several special characters/strings with special notation. For example, "^t" will match a tab. For a complete list of these values, see [Special search characters]. These special characters are valuable for matching non-printable text in files.

	You can specify the search location(s) in the '''Directory''' field. This field may contain multiple search paths separated by semicolons, i.e.: ''C:\mydir1\; c:\mydir2\''.		You can specify the search location(s) in the '''Directory''' field. This field may contain multiple search paths separated by semicolons, i.e.: ''C:\mydir1\; c:\mydir2\''.

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 [[File:Ultraedit find in files.png|right]]
-Find in files allows you to search for a string in multiple files in a location of your choosing. The files don't have to be open in UltraEdit.
+Find in files allows you to search for a string in multiple files in a location of your choosing. The files don't have to be open in UltraEdit. The results of the search are written to the output window, unless you have checked the '''Results to edit window''' advanced setting. You can double-click results in the output window to open the file and immediately jump to the match location in UltraEdit.
 Enter the string to search for in the '''Find what''' field, which allows a single or multi-line string up to 20,000 bytes.
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 You can specify the search location(s) in the '''Directory''' field. This field may contain multiple search paths separated by semicolons, i.e.: ''C:\mydir1\; c:\mydir2\''.
 The '''In files/types''' field allows you to restrict the search to particular file types by extension. For example, to search only HTML and CSS files, you would use: ''*.html;*.css''. If left empty, all files are searched.
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 Use the '''In''' setting to set the search area to one of the following:
-* '''Files listed''' will search all files in the directory you specify)
+* '''Files listed''' will search all files in the directory you specify, respecting the  '''In files/types''' filter
-* '''Open files''' will search all files open in UltraEdit)
+* '''Open files''' will search all files open in UltraEdit (the '''In files/types''' and '''Directory''' fields are ignored)
-* '''Favorite files''' will search only [Favorite files]
+* '''Favorite files''' will search only [Favorite files] (the '''In files/types''' and '''Directory''' fields are ignored)
-* '''Project files''' will search all files in the open project (this option is disabled if no project is open)
+* '''Project files''' will search all files in the open project (this option is disabled if no project is open)  (the '''In files/types''' and '''Directory''' fields are ignored)
 [[File:Ultraedit find i history.png|left]] '''History button'''<br>
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 [[File:Ultraedit find i regexp.png|left]]'''Regular expressions help button'''<br>
 This button opens a short regular expression syntax reference for the selected regular expression engine.  This button is subdued unless the regular expressions checkbox is checked.

Find in files - Revision history

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