hdaneshkhah
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appending files
how can i append seperate files into
a single file. i like to be able to use
the find command and search for items
in this file. as it is i have to open
each file individually and run my search
--not very productive.
advance thanks for help.
hd
a single file. i like to be able to use
the find command and search for items
in this file. as it is i have to open
each file individually and run my search
--not very productive.
advance thanks for help.
hd
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seriusp
thanks for the tip. however, your recomendation works with word documents
not with web document. something about
the nature of the text file that i don't
understand. i have dnloaded some pages
from internet to a folder on my desk top
i have follwed your instructions- using
the directory path where my folder is
but i get no respond. when i tried the
same with some word document off-line
it worked. any advise?
thanks hd
thanks for the tip. however, your recomendation works with word documents
not with web document. something about
the nature of the text file that i don't
understand. i have dnloaded some pages
from internet to a folder on my desk top
i have follwed your instructions- using
the directory path where my folder is
but i get no respond. when i tried the
same with some word document off-line
it worked. any advise?
thanks hd
HTML documents is just plain textfiles. Try open one of the pages in notepad and see for yourself.
It will not work, if you have just saved links to the pages. In that case, you don't have the textfiles on your computer, merely a "pointer" to the site that contains the page. If you will be able to do this search, then you have to save the actual contents of the pages.
I have just tested it with this page and there was no problems whatso ever.
I did this: file/save frame as/ (c:\showq.html)
Then start/find/files and folders/
Advanced/Text to search for (tonnybrandt)
and it came up with c:\showq.html
Try it for yourself
It will not work, if you have just saved links to the pages. In that case, you don't have the textfiles on your computer, merely a "pointer" to the site that contains the page. If you will be able to do this search, then you have to save the actual contents of the pages.
I have just tested it with this page and there was no problems whatso ever.
I did this: file/save frame as/ (c:\showq.html)
Then start/find/files and folders/
Advanced/Text to search for (tonnybrandt)
and it came up with c:\showq.html
Try it for yourself
Remember the DOS does not support long file names or filenames with spaces in it.
To have it work use quotes "
copy "c:\my documents\file1" + ".." file3.txt
Basicly the copy command copies everything regardless of the contents.
You may also use the 8.3 name like
c:\mydocu~1\file1.txt instead
:-))
To have it work use quotes "
copy "c:\my documents\file1" + ".." file3.txt
Basicly the copy command copies everything regardless of the contents.
You may also use the 8.3 name like
c:\mydocu~1\file1.txt instead
:-))
make sure you check include subdirectories in your search..
ASKER
it did include subdirectory.
then the text you were looking for probably wasn't in any of the files you searched
=> Search
=> Files..
-> Name : *.*
-> containing the text: text you are looking for
-> search in : 'my pc' or the directory containing the files
Greets
Sirius-