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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]*.[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).
(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
criteria.
12. FFG can search by the file attributes or combination of
attributes, such as finding all Hidden Read-Only files.
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.
15. FFG permits you to exclude certain files base on name, date,
File Finder/Grouper 6 (c) EnGamma
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 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 can be used to produce database files of its output
(ASCII comma-delimited files)(/f, option)
25. FFG provides useful default output format options but
permits extensive user customization of the output format.
26. 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 a arbitrary command 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.
27. By default, when FFG is searching all disk drives, it skips
disk drives that are logical aliases of other physical
drives that have already been searched. This avoids reports
of multiple copies of a file when in fact there is only one
physical copy of the file.
28. FFG lets you use 43- and 50-line video modes on EGA/VGA
systems so you can see more on the screen.