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This is my attempt so far - don't want to have to enter all files in &quot;file_lst &nbsp;manually<br />
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# fill in the path of the input files here<br />
my_path = &quot;Z:/&quot;<br />
# put the local filenames of theinput files here<br />
file_lst = [&quot;FILE1.doc&quot;,&quot;FILE2.doc,et<wbr />c,etc]<br />
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sink = File.open(my_path + &quot;A_JOINED.txt&quot;, &quot;w&quot;)<br />
file_lst.each do |fl|<br />
&nbsp; # open the file and access each single line<br />
&nbsp; File.open(my_path + fl, &quot;r&quot;).each do |line|<br />
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;if line =~/emailaddresses/i then<br />
&nbsp; &nbsp; sink.write line<br />
&nbsp; &nbsp;end<br />
end<br />
end
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This is my attempt so far - don't want to have to enter all files in "file_lst  manually

# fill in the path of the input files here
my_path = "Z:/"
# put the local filenames of theinput files here
file_lst = ["FILE1.doc","FILE2.doc,etc,etc]

sink = File.open(my_path + "A_JOINED.txt", "w")
file_lst.each do |fl|
  # open the file and access each single line
  File.open(my_path + fl, "r").each do |line|
        if line =~/emailaddresses/i then
    sink.write line
   end
end
end

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Hello<br />
Want to search all txt files in a directory and return only the file names and lines in those files where a line contains an email address.<br />
Regards
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Hello
Want to search all txt files in a directory and return only the file names and lines in those files where a line contains an email address.
Regards

searching text files for email addresses

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