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Search for Text on a Web Page. To search a web page for specific words type 'Ctrl' + 'F' on your keyboard (Command + 'F' on a Mac). Then, type the word you are searching for in the window that pops up: For example, you could look for the word 'technology' as shown below. I think there's a keyboard shortcut to search for text on a web page using a Mac, but I forget what it is. Help would be appreciated. To search a web page for specific words type 'Ctrl' + 'F' on your keyboard (Command + 'F' on a Mac). Then, type the word you are searching for in the window that pops up.
Best app to transcribe mp3 to text for mac. Is there a way to search through all the text files in a folder (and subfolders) for a specific string or bit of text in Mac OS X?
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You can't do this from the spotlight icon in the menu bar. https://clipbrown898.weebly.com/blog/how-to-change-text-in-html-for-mac. But you can do it with spotlight:
- Navigate to the folder in the finder.
- Type your search in the search bar on the top right of the folder.
- There is a line above the results that says:
Search: This Mac 'Your Folder Name'
Click on the name of your folder to restrict the search to the folder instead of the whole computer, which is what the default selection 'This Mac' does.
Then click the gear icon, choose show search criteria, and change the kind to text files.
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If you prefer the command line,
Search For Text Mac
You'll need to be (or get) familiar with
slhckgrep
. Read man grep
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Very powerful and fast
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In the upper right hand corner of your screen: Spotlight
BBEdit supports great search, too, in files and folders.
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ignores case. See this answer for an overview of the query format and other attributes.-F
searches for fixed strings instead of regex. -l
only prints the names of the matching files.Community♦
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Open Finder
Navigate to the folder you want to search if you have one.
Enter the term you want to search in the search bar in the upper right hand corner. You may need to stretch out the window to see it.
After you start typing or press enter you'll see a section below the search box to the left that says,
Search: This Mac 'Your Folder' Shared
If you want to search your whole computer click on 'This Mac'. Otherwise click on the folder name next to it. It may already be selected.
To the right side of those options is a 'Save' button with a plus sign next to it.
Click the plus sign. You'll see two drop down lists. In the first one select 'Kind'. In the second choose 'Any' or 'Text .
Choosing 'Any' may find more matches, while 'Text' will find files Mac OS X determines fall under the category 'Text'.
The number of search results will appear at the footer if the footer is shown.
FYI I've noticed that sometimes it takes time to do a search and sometimes there is no indication Finder is doing anything. I wouldn't wait too long but if you're searching a small folder it should be very quick. If searching your Mac it may take up to a minute or more.
Nota bene: To find an exact phrase enclose it in quotes.
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I'd suggest you look at File Content Finder on the App Store (disclaimer - I'm its developer). It's an affordable app specifically designed for searching file contents without indexing. It supports text files and other major file formats (pdf, doc(x), xls(x), etc).
Macros for mac os excel import text from website. Its filtering lets you optimise and refine your search by multiple criteria - file type, creation/modification dates, etc.
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Here is a detailed documentation on how it works.
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For the faster search speed, you can use
ag
(the silver searcher)Installation:
brew install the_silver_searcher
Usage is alike, just replace the
grep
to ag
For example,
ag 'my string of text' -R .
More information can view on Github.
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