How to search for a string in my entire project in Eclipse IDE?

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I need to find a string, but it is too time-consuming to Ctrl+F every class. Is there a faster way to search the entire project?

possible duplicate of [Eclipse find in project?](http://stackoverflow.com/questions/3175035/eclipse-find-in-project) — Wipqozn, Jan 16 '14 at 12:34

score 2 · Accepted Answer · answered May 05 '13 at 13:54

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Select the String and Control+Alt+G in Eclipse (Windows).
Use the Search Window, to open it Control+H in Eclipse(Windows).

answered May 05 '13 at 13:54

AllTooSir

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Or in the menu: Search -> File... -> Search after you've setup the parameters. – Marco May 05 '13 at 13:56

score 0 · Answer 2 · answered Jul 02 '15 at 23:59

Much better than Control+H that may takes ages in Eclipse is to install a full text search plugin like Quick Search from Spring Tools or instaSearch. It will increase your productivity immensely.

Check out this blog post:

http://howtodoinjava.com/2015/04/03/use-eclipse-quick-search-plugin-for-faster-text-searches/

score 0 · Answer 3 · answered Jun 09 '16 at 14:42

You can search for specific string using ctrl + H, choose 'File search' tab.

But if you want search any string, try use a regular expression at 'Containing text' ".+".

If you're trying search string in java code, regular expression above will match strings used at annotations. To avoid this try this one ^\s*?[^@]\w*?".+".*$

How to search for a string in my entire project in Eclipse IDE?

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