Search text in .txt files Windows 7

Question

I want to search the content of text files using Windows 7. I am unable to find stuff like xyz in .txt files that contain text like asd**xyz**asd, not even with the file search option enabled.

Answer 1

You can use agent ransack which can see the contents inside the files and also search faster with the file name too. See the feature page.

Answer 2

Notepad++ has a feature for searching text in finds ('Find in files' tab under the regular ctrl+f search), and it's a pretty useful text editor in general.

Answer 3

The easiest for this task is to use a tool like grepWin - if you are looking only for text in text files, or SeekFast - if you want to search in any type of documents.

Answer 4

You can use "find" command in command interpreter (cmd.exe). To gain more help, enter:

find /?

Usage:

find "text to find" files_to_find_in_-_can_be_wildcard