Search in files

[Francisco]

Hello, can I do a file search (Ctrl + Shift + F) of two words on the same line? thanks.

[Ekopalypse]

@Francisco

I guess, yes.

[guy038]

Hello, @francisco and All,

A short example :

Let’s suppose you’re looking for all the lines of all files, in a specific directory, containing, both, the two strings You and there

Three questions arise :

• Do you mind the case of the strings or not ( YOU, There, yoU, THEre, … )

• Do you mind if the strings You and there are true words or part of words like Your and therefore ?

• Does the string You always come before the string there or the opposite or both situations may occur ?

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So, here are 4 regular expressions for each case. Note that I suppose that, both, word_1 or word_2 may occur first, in current line :

• Regex A : (?-is)You.*there|there.*You for a search of strings You and there, with this exact case

• Regex B : (?i-s)You.*there|there.*You for a search of strings You and there, whatever their case

• Regex C : (?-is)\bYou\b.*\bthere\b|\bthere\b.*\bYou\b for a search of words You and there, with this exact case

• Regex D : (?i-s)\bYou\b.*\bthere\b|\bthere\b.*\bYou\b for a search of words You and there, whatever their case

Of course, you must select the Regular expression search mode

The (?-s) in-line modifier ensures that the regex engine will interpret the dot ( . ) as matching a single standard character and not the line-break chars !

Hope this helps :-)

Best Regards,

guy038

[Francisco]

Very thanks guy038, I will try

[Francisco]

Please, guyo38, help me, I have a file with some lines: I need to do a search for 144 and JU44…
144 FX 2020-06-13 1427 PU3LJY GG67 PMVUV FG67
144 FT 2020-06-13 1741 PL4JYU GG68 PH7NS HG68
144 FO 2020-06-13 1752 PM2LJY GG77 PD9MM JU44

[astrosofista]

Hi @Francisco,

I think you will get what you want if you replace “You” with “144” and “there” with “JU44” in @guy038’s third Regular Expression, above.

Take care.

[guy038]

Hi, @francisco and All,

Yes, as @astrosofista said, I suppose that you need the regex C of my previous post :

Thus, in your case, the regex becomes (?-is)\b144\b.*\bJU44\b

Note that I even shortened this regex as the number 144 comes before the word JU44 !

Best Regards

guy038

[Francisco]

Now sucess, very thanks guy038 and all… Take care.