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delux
delux

Reputation: 1876

How to search all files in project from text editor (IDE)?

Which text editor allows to search all files in the project, without a need they to be opened?

For example: When I'm using Visual Studio and I open project Ctrl+F allows searching into all of the files in the current project. That's for ASP.NET projects.

I want to be able to search in my PHP project. I'm using NotePad++, but when I want to search into all the files, I need to open all of them first, and after entering the phrase to choose Find All in All Opened Documents. But now my project is getting bigger and bigger, and I want to be able to search into all of the files, without need all of them to be opened as a tabs.

Is there such an option in NotePad++? If not, can you recommend me some text editor or IDE that allows this type of searching in normal PHP project(and how that can be done)?

Upvotes: 1

Views: 1595

Answers (2)

Lars Fischer
Lars Fischer

Reputation: 10129


the function is just in front of you: Notepad++ offers the "Find in Files..." Option in the search menu. (It is just the third tab in the usual search dialog. )

Just enter the correct filter (e.g. *.php or *.*) and use the checkboxes on the right. Most useful is "Follow current doc", which preselects the "Directory" selection. Depending on your project layout you want to enter a constant path there and also check the "In all sub-folders" option.

I really miss the ease of this notepad++ function in eclipse. For me this IS "grep for windows". And you have also replace functionality, so this can be a "sed for windows" replacement, too.

With best regards,
Lars

Upvotes: 2

Darren H
Darren H

Reputation: 902

what operating system are you using?

In most Linux distros you could use the command line with something like this

grep -rnw ./haystack/* -e "needle"

Upvotes: 0

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