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FFG Compared to Other File Finders
File Finder/Grouper (FFG) performs functions similar to
those found in other utility programs, but here are some FFG
features that some other file finders lack:
1. FFG uses the DOS wildcard characters '*' and '?' but
they have extended function over the DOS counterparts.
The extended functionality permits you to search for
strings of characters that appear anywhere in the file
name.
2. FFG can search for multiple file specifications in a
single pass, such as find all BAT, COM and EXE files.
3. FFG permits you to concisely specify multiple file name
search masks such as:
"*[ZIP,ARC,ARJ,LHA,ZOO]*.[COM,EXE]"
to find all archiving programs.
4. FFG can search all disk drives or selected disk drives.
5. FFG can search inside of archive files (ZIP, ARC, ARJ,
LZH, ZOO). FFG will also search inside PKZip, ARJ, and
LHA self-extracting (.EXE) archive files. (FFG also
searches inside XEQ COM library files).
6. FFG can execute and arbitrary DOS command for each file
found with or without a user confirmation before
execution.
7. FFG finds hidden files and searches hidden directories.
8. FFG searches inside directories with name extensions
(e.g., THISISMY.DIR). Some file finders do not search
these directories.
9. FFG can move to the disk and directory of the found
file (/g option).
10. FFG can search for directories instead of files simply
by appending a backslash '\' to the search name.
11. FFG can search by a date range, time range, size range,
or day-of-week range using intuitive syntax to specify
these filtering criteria. Multiple include/exclude
ranges can be specified.
12. FFG can search by the file attributes or combination of
attributes, such as finding all Hidden Read-Only files.
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13. FFG can find files based on the day of the week (i.e.,
Sun - Sat) they were modified/created.
14. FFG can find files based on whether or not the file
contains one or more text/ASCII-code strings. FFG will
even search for text inside files that are archived if
you have the associated archive extraction program
(e.g., PKUnzip, LHA, ARJ, etc.) on your DOS search
path.
15. FFG permits you to exclude certain files base on name,
date, time, size, attributes, day-of-week criteria,
text contents.
16. FFG can search for files by date relative to today,
such as all files modified/created 7 to 14 days ago.
17. FFG can search for files relative to the current time
of day, such as all files modified/created within the
last ten minutes.
18. The asterisk '*' can be used as a wildcard in date and
time criteria, such as /d9/*/93 for all September 1993
files and /t13:* for all 1:00pm - 1:59pm files.
19. Current month (M), day (D), year (Y) can be specified
in date criteria such as 1/1/Y-6/30/Y, M/D/Y (today)
20. Current hours (H), minutes (M), seconds (S) can be
specified in time criteria such as H:M:S (now).
21. Partial dates and times are interpreted, such as 9/93 -
> 9/*/93, 5/1 -> 5/1/Y (Y = current year), 92-93 -> all
1992-1993 files, 9 -> 9:00:00am.
22. Multiple date, time, size, day-of-week, attribute, text
filtering criteria can be specified, which are combined
in a logical AND or OR depending on how they are
specified.
23. FFG lets you pause (press any key) or interrupt (press
<ESC>) the search operation at any time.
24. FFG lets you guide the search by using the arrow keys
to skip files and directories.
25. FFG can be used to produce database files of its output
(ASCII comma-delimited files)(/f, option)
26. FFG provides useful default output format options but
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permits extensive user customization of the output
format.
27. FFG can be used to produce output as DOS batch files
(.BAT) with DOS replaceable parameters (%1 through %9).
The batch file can then be used to execute an arbitrary
set of commands against the group of files such as
copy, back up, archive, delete, move, edit...). The
power and flexibility of this feature is limited only
by your imagination. Although some other finders have
similar capability, they do not have the same
flexibility.
28. By default, when FFG is searching all disk drives
(i.e., *: is specified), it skips disk drives that are
logical aliases of subtrees of physical drives that
will also be searched. This avoids reports of multiple
copies of the same physical file when it appears also
on logical alias drives.
29. FFG lets you use 43- and 50-line video modes on EGA/VGA
systems so you can see more on the screen.
30. Frequently used options can be made semi-permanent by
setting them in the DOS environment variable FFGOPT
using the DOS 'set' command as in: SET FFGOPT=/p /v5 /z
/bpd /fp
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