findwild is (yet another) utility program to search for files. It works quite differently from other file search programs you have seen. It has a GUI interface and can recall past searches.
The following search criteria are available:
- directory path to search, with multiple wildcards ( * ? ) placed anywhere
- file name(s) to search for, with multiple wildcards anywhere
- file name(s) to exclude, with multiple wildcards anywhere
- file content string(s) to search for, with multiple wildcards anywhere
- file content string(s) to exclude, with multiple wildcards anywhere
- file creation/modification date within a desired range
- your choice of delimiters for search strings (defaults provided)
- search the list of files produced by the previous search
Programmers may find this program useful to search a large source library for references to a symbolic name (e.g. find linux header file for a particular function or symbol).
To download and install findwild, visit the download page
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