Find files with multiple Strings
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I want to find all the files which has both the strings in any order.
string are; abc and def or def and abc.
The result should return only the files which has both the string in a file.
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@vijay-S
Maybe try something like this:
(?s)(abc).+?(def)|(?2).+?(?1) -
@Alan-Kilborn said in Find files with multiple Strings:
(?s)(abc).+?(def)|(?2).+?(?1)
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Works like a charm. Thank You…
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Hello, @vijay-s @alan-kilborn and All,
As @alan-kilborn, I’ve already used this method. However, it quickly becomes tedious if you increase the number of expressions :-((
I think, that this other formulation is stronger and can be easily used, even if more than two expressions to match !
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(?-is)^(?=.*Expr_1)(?=.*Expr_2)(?=.*Expr_3)…(?=.*Expr_n).+( sensitive to case ) -
(?i-s)^(?=.*Expr_1)(?=.*Expr_2)(?=.*Expr_3)…(?=.*Expr_n).+( insensitive to case )
For instance, the regex
(?i-s)^(?=.*abc)(?=.*def)(?=.*ghi)(?=.*jkl).+will find all files which have, at least, one line containing the four stringsabc,def,ghiandjkl, in any order and whatever their case !Best Regards
guy038
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All,
See also my in-development expressions for generic logic “gates” in regular expressions: AND, OR, XOR, NOR, NAND
Some day, they might get a blog post all of their own, rather than be buried in that thread. But they are still in-development, so they’ll stay there for now.
