Find in Files dialog box

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Find in Files dialog box
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In this dialog box, you can find specific text in multiple files. Following options are available.

Find What
Enter text that you want to search for. EditPlus supports regular expression. You can press down-arrow button for regular expression templates. See Regular Expression for more details.
File type
Enter wild card pattern of the files that you want to find text in. When you specify more than one pattern, separate each one with semicolon(;). For example, if you want to find in HTML files, use "*.html;*.htm".
Exclude
Enter substring of file name (or directory name) that you want to exclude from the search. When you specify more than one pattern, separate each one with semicolon(;). For example, "*.tmp;*.bak".
Folder
Specify the folder where the searching takes place.
All open files
Check this option to search all open documents instead of using the content of the File Type and the Folder fields.
Current file
Check this option to search current file only instead of using the content of the File Type and Folder fields.
Current file directory
Check this option to search in current file directory instead of using the content of the Folder field.
Current project
Check this option to search in files in current project instead of using the content of the File Type and the Folder field.
Case sensitive
Check this option if you want case-sensitive searching.
Whole word only
Check this option if you want to search whole word only and ignore text which is a substring of another word.
Regular expression
Check this option if you want to search regular expression. Regular expression allows more sophisticated and powerful search. See Regular Expression for more detail about regular expression syntax.
Include sub-folders
Search also sub-folders of the specified folder.
Show duplicated lines
Check this option if you want the output window to show all the occurrences even if they are on a same line.
Save open files
Check this option to automatically save all open files before searching.
Show result in a new document
Check this option to show the search result in a newly created document window instead of the Output Window. It can avoid slow down of the Output Window when the search produces too many results.
Find
Find specified text with current options.
More/Less
Press this button to show the multi-line input field. You can enter multi-line text in this input box. Press Ctrl+Tab to enter a tab character in this input box.

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