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Re: Win95 text search

" At 09:15 AM 2/12/96 -0800, Say wrote:
" >	Who is using the XY "find text in file(s)" functions
" >	nowadays, and have other programs supplanted it?
" >
" I do. If you mean:
"   se *.*/text/
"
" Windows95 has a finder that can do that across either a directory or your
" whole hard disk. I use it for cross-directory searches and Xy for
" intra-directory searches.
" Regards,
"  Harry Binswanger
"  hb@xxxxxxxx
	
	Interesting that you use XY for intra directory
	searches, when Win95 could do that too.

	There is a utility called Lookfor on Simtel that
	will do a logical search and show context.

					D. Say
					say@xxxxxxxx