.. highlightlang:: us

.. index:: Edit=>Find In Files

.. _edit-find-in-files:
.. _editfind-in-files:

Edit=>Find In Files
-------------------

Searches for a string.

This command is available in the editor only.

.. image:: S:/uniplot-obj/images/Edit-Find-In-Files-en.*

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**Find what**
   Specify a text search string.

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**In Files**
   Specify a file pattern, e. g. ``*.ic *.txt``. The pattern can be separated
   by a comma, semicolon, or a blank character.

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**In Folder**
   Specify the complete path.

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**Search subfolders**
   All subfolders will be included in the search.

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**Match whole words**
   Perform a "whole words only" search. The search text should olny contain 
   characters, numbers and underscores.

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**Match case**
   The search is case sensitive.

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**Comment**

The search result is listed in an editor. A double-click on a text line
opens the file and scrolls to the given line number. With **F2** you can jump to 
the next search result.

.. seealso::
   :ref:`edit`,
   :ref:`editreplace`

:sub:`id-1742891`