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ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 1. FF2 Primary Display ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ
Note: Whenever you see a marked text, you can get more information about that
topic by clicking on that text.
Author
Click on about to get the author of FF2 V7.4.
FF2 V7.4b Overview
FF2 V7.4b is a text search/replacing and batch file generationg utility. It
allows text search and replacement using wildcards such as '*' in file
patterns and search text.
You may search/replace up to 5 text strings, each logically combined by an
"or" or "and". With the found files you can generate powerful .cmd files wich
may be run directly from FF2 V7.4.
Each file shown in the search results list box will be loaded in your editor
or executed, depending on the file type.
If you prefer the "container" representation instead of a list box, FF2 V7.4
does it. Furthermore FF2 V7.4b allows you deletion of directories, examining
used space on directories and displaying the system memory and swapper space
usage. From a technical point of view, FF2 V7.4b uses heavy multithreading
technology, which prepares you for the age of scalar multiprocessor machines.
FF2 V7.4b is a true blue 32-bit application.
For a "quick tour" about FF2 V7.4b click on FF2 V7.4b
Text Search related topics.
Search patterns 2-5
Search Strings 2-5
File attributes facility
Date, Size, File Name (DOS 8.3 or HPFS long) options
Define regular expression special characters
The command (.cmd) - file generator
Batch file generation
Write search results to a file
Printing the search results
Print listbox
The integrated FF2 V7.4b tools...
Directory deleter
Directory size facility
Available memory displayer
Getting text to search from the clipboard
Printing
Search for duplicate files
Configuration
Output Font
Editor selection Facility
Default generated batch file
Working Option Selection
Displaying search results in a container
Container display
Starting programs
Single command executor
Program starter arguments
Installation, disclaimer, about FF2 V7.4b and registration
Installation guidelines
Register
About
ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 2. FF2 V7.4b Primary panel ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ
Controls placed on the FF2 V7.4b primary panel
The controls you need most often are placed on the first display shown by FF2 V7.4.
Output display
Search results are displayed in a listbox, refrenced as the output display.
You can change the fonts used in the listbox with the "output font" dialog in
the configuration menu.
Selecting drive(s) to search
The drives listbox let you specify one or more drives to search on. Use the
"All" checkbox to toggle all fixed drives on/of.
Searchpath
This combobox specifies the path to be searched. You can enter the path
directly or invoke the path dialog by clicking on the path pushbutton.
Note that a selected path will be applyed to all selected drives. If you search
more then one drive, leave this field empty. Your last 10 path selections are
stored in the FF2.INI file and available through different sessions. Drop down
the list and select one of the displayed pathes. The last entered path will
appear on top of the list box, the oldest one at the end. To get rid of the
stored pathes, delete the FF2.INI file.
Searchpatterns
Depending on what kind of search you're performing enter:
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Γöétype of search Γöé enter a Γöé
Γö£ΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓö╝ΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöñ
Γöétext Γöé filename Γöé
Γöé Γöé or filename Γöé
Γöé Γöé pattern Γöé
Γö£ΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓö╝ΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöñ
Γöédirectory Γöé dirname Γöé
Γöé Γöé or directoryΓöé
Γöé Γöé pattern Γöé
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Any valid search pattern may be entered.
For one search you may specify more then one pattern. Click on the pushbutton
to the right of the entryfield. This brings up the Search patterns 2-5 dialog
where you can specify more patterns.
Search for files/dirs not matching a pattern
Checking the "Exclude" check box searches for files (or directories) that
don't match a given pattern. As an example, searching for *.sav in d:┬╖\tmp will
find all files except the ones matching *.c, if the exclude option is on. If
you have entered patterns in the file patterns 2-5
Search strings
For text searches, you must enter a text to be searched in the "search"
entryfield. If you want to enter more than one text to be searched for, click
on the pushbutton to the right. This brings up the search strings 2-5
Pasting text to be searched from the clipboard
You can get text to be searched for from the clipboard . Select "Edit
Searchpattern" from the "Clipboard" menu to bring up the clipboard.
Case sensitive
Check the case sensitive checkbox to toggle between case sensitive and case
insensitve searches.
All occurences
If all is checked, all found strings will be displayed (and replaced, if
text replacement is acitve). If it's unchecked, only the first occurence will
be displayed (and replaced).
Word match
If you want a word match, set the word check box on.
Regular expressions (grep like)
If you want to use metacharacters in text searches, activate the "Regular
expressions" check box. Metacharacters are explained in Define regular
expression special characters dialog. You can define your own set of "regular
expressions" in the Define regular expression special characters dialog.
Hex match
This works the same as a normal test search but you specify the search and
replacement strings as hexadecimal strings. When you check the "hex" checkbox,
the specified values are converted into a hexadecimal string. Unchecking the
"hex" checkbox does the reverse thing.
Note that hex searches are always case sensitive. Directory searches
If you like to search for a directory, e.g. "system", chech the "Dirs only"
checkbox. Note that no text searches are possible in this mode.
Non recursive searches
By default, FF2 V7.4 searches recursively into sub-directories. If you want to
search only the directory you selected activate the "No Subdir" checkbox.
Searching the environment (including LIBPATH)
FF2 V7.4 allows you to perform searches in any path defined in the
environment. Click on the "Environment" combo box to get the environment pathes
defined in your config.sys. If you want to search an environment path you
entered in the same session before starting FF2 V7.4 you can enter it in the
entryfield of the combobox.
You'll find this feature useful when you're chasing your DLL's...
Search for file attributes
The File attributes dialog specifyies file attributes you want to search for.
Search for file dates, sizes and naming conventions
With the Date, Size, 8.3 naming convention dialog you search for :
files younger
files older
files between
a given date.
files greater
files smaller
files equal
a given size.
Search for files matching the DOS 8.3 naming convention
Suppose you exchange data with a friend having a DOS machine or you move from
HPFS to FAT (sic!) this option becomes useful giving you all files with names
matching the 12345678.123 DOS naming convention. "Match" means the files has a
name smaller/equal to 8 charcters and an extension of at most 3 characters.
Starting a search
With a click on the search pushbutton you start the search. The button is
only selectable when a drive in the drive listbox is selected. During a search
this button is disabled.
Stopping a search
If you want to stop a search, press the cancel push button. If you've entered
a high number of threads allowed in the Working Option Selection it may take
some time utill the search is stopped. About double clicking in the output
listbox
A double click in the output listbox either:
Starts the program, if the filename extension is *.exe, *.cmd, *.bat
Loads the file into an editor in all other cases
Editing a file
To edit a file:
Press the "Edit" push button
Double click on the file
You select your editor in the default editor dialog . There you learn more
about passing the search string or the line number of the first occurence of a
found string to the editor.
Selecting and editing behaviour
If you selected the display of context lines, FF2 V7.4 gives your editor the
line number or search text that is at your selection or above. This enables
you to look at different occurences of a found text as will occure on searches
with regular expressions. After the selection, FF2 V7.4 positions the cursor
at the name of the found file to which the found strings belongs.
Executing a file
To execute a file:
Press the "Execute" push button
Double click on the file
FF2 V7.4 "knows" the program type. For non-graphic programs it brings up the
Program starter arguments dialog where you can pass arguments and execution
environments to the starting program. If the file is of the
*.cmd
*.bat
type. Selected a cmd-file asks you whether to edit or to execute it. If you
decide "execute" you are aked for arguments for batch-command (.CMD) files .
There are situation where FF2 V7.4 can't get the program type. In this (rare)
conditions, enter the program type in the can't make out program type dialog.
Deleting files
If you select a file and press delete, you will be prompted before FF2 V7.4
removes the file.
Shell push button
If you want to execute a shell command on a found file or directory, click on
the shell push button. This invokes the Single command executor .
Reverse push button
The reverse push button reverses the contents of the output listbox:
Before "reversing"
drive:
drive:\path1\...
drive:\path1\path2\...
After "reversing"
drive:\path1\path2\...
drive:\path1\...
drive:
This feature may become useful when you're generating delete commands, where
the files nested deepest into the hierarchy must be deleted first but are
displayed last in the output listbox.
Printing a file
Click on "Print". The Printer setup dialog appears. Here you can choose from
which printer queue you want to print, which font to use and even invoce your
printer driver's settings dialog. FF2 V7.4 produces a real nice listing, every
page with a header containing the file name, print time and page number.
Search progres monitor
FF2 V7.4 monitors its search state in the top left side:
Control Text Description
Files Total number of files searched
Found Number of files actually satisfying the search criteria
specified
Matched Files whose pattern matched and for which text search is
started
Done Files for which text search has finished
"Files" and "Found" is displayed in text searches and in pattern searches.
"Matched" and "Done" are displayed only in text searches. The difference
between the two shows you the number of search threads concurrently running.
If you are searching for duplicate files, "Done" tells you how may files have
been compared and "Same" tells you how many duplicate files have been found so far.
Current search location
FF2 V7.4 shows you it's search location in the "Curently searching at..."
display. For text searches every thread displays the file it was searching
before it ends. This means, this file is already searched when it is
displayed. If you are searching for duplicate files, the files that are
actually compared are shown in that place. Look at the Search duplicate files
dialog for more information.
ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 3. Files menu ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ
Choose the def. Batchfile submenu to select your default .CMD file for
generated batch commands.
ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 4. Exit help ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ
You can exit FF2 4.1 whenever you want.
ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 5. Configuration menu ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ
This menu gives you acces to FF2 V7.4 configuration menues.
ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 6. Editor submenu ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ
Click editor to start the editor-dialog.
ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 7. Tools menu ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ
Click dirsize submenu to start the directory size search facility. Clikc deldir
submenu to start the directory deletion facility.
ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 8. Directory size submenu ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ
Click on the dirsize submenu item to get the size a directory or a listing off
all empty sub-directories within a specified directory.
ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 9. Batch menu ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ
Click generate to start generation of batch (.cmd) files.
ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 10. Genarate submenu ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ
Press generate to start the batch-file generation facility.
ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 11. Clipboard menu ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ
Select the edit searchpattern submenu!
ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 12. Clipboard submenu ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ
Start the edit searchpattern Dialog wich will be availiable to you as long as
you're running FF2 V7.2. giving you the possibility to view the contents of
the Clipboard and using them as search strings.
ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 13. Print Search Results Facility ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ
If you select print you invoke the Printer setup dialog. You can do changes or
click on "Ok" to start printing.
ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 14. Default Batch File submenu ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ
Select this item to specify the default FF2 V7.4 generated batch file.
ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 15. Directory removing submenu ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ
Select this item to delete all files and remove all directories contained in a
path given by you.
ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 16. File Attributes submenu ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ
Select the file attributes submenu!
ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 17. Date Size and FAT/HPFS submenu ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ
Select this menu to specify search date, size and check for FAT or HPFS file
names.
ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 18. File patterns 2-5 submenu ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ
Select this menu to specify more file search patterns.
ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 19. Text Strings 2-5 ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ
Select this menu to specify additional text strings to search for.
ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 20. Extended search options ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ
ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 21. Regular expressions ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ
Select this menu to enter the character you want to use as "regular
expressions" in text searches.
ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 22. Print listbox ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ
Print the search results.
ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 23. Output Font ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ
Specify the font of the output listbox using the standard fonts dialog. For
use with the output listbox monocpaced fonts are recommended. (It looks nicer).
ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 24. Output Font ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ
Select working options.
ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 25. Memory ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ
Show memory usage.
ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 26. Cont ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ
Display search results in a container window.
ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 27. Open container ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ
Opens the container display.
ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 28. Views ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ
Select one of the items in the popup context menu.
ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 29. Icon View ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ
Activate icon view mode for container control.
ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 30. Name View ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ
Activate name view mode for container control.
ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 31. Text View ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ
Activate text view mode for container control.
ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 32. Detail View ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ
Activate detail view mode for container control.
ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 33. Detail View ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ
Register yourself to get support for FF2 V7.4!
ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 34. Memory View Options ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ
Enter the Path to your swapper.dat.
ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 35. Duplicate file search options ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ
Select this menu to enter the duplicate files dialog.
ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 36. Write search results to file ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ
Select this menu to write the search results to a file.
ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 37. About ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ
FF2 V7.4 by Markus Pfister.
You can reach the author on CompuServe.
Send E-mails to 100550,1100.
Thank you for feedback!
Please read the disclaimer.
ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 38. Extended search options facility ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ
Operators size and date
This dialog offers you the possibility to search files
1. with a date
equal
greater
smaller
from ... to
the date you spezified.
2. with a size
equal
greater
smaller
the filesize you spezified.
Check filename is not a DOS 8.3 name
This option helps you to check whether all files are in the FAT naming
convention (xxxxxxxx.xxx) or in the HPFS naming convention allowing long file
names. this option is useful when you change from FAT to HPFS and want to get
rid of the long filenames.
Search size, search date
Check these checkboxes to activate a search for sizes or dates matching your
search criterias.
Combining the searches Of course you're allowed to combine all possible
search criterias as you please.
ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 39. Editor selection Facility ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ
Editor panel
Specify "your" editor. The editor will be invoked if you click on the "edit"
push button or double click a file.
Editor field
Enter the name of the editor into the "editor" field.
Working directory
If you have the editor on your PATH, you can leave this field blank. Otherwise
fill it with the path to your editor. FF2 V7.4 makes a change directory to this
path if it's not blank.
Editor push button
If you like the easy way, click on the editor push button an select your
editor through the file dialog. The editor and working directory fields will
be filled in automatically.
Editor invokation string
You can specify an invokation string, wich will be passed to the ed. The
values %SEARCHSTRING% and %LINE% will be replaced by the first string found in
the file and it's linenumber.
If the searchstring contains any double quotes (") FF2 V7.4 escapes them with
a backslash, because editors would recognize the double quote as start/end of
the searchstring and not as part of the search text.
Note that if you use EPM.EXE (the default) '%LINE%' will appear into the
invokation string, even if you blank it out. This to ensure you use this
parameter, since it positions EPM on the first occurence of the found string.
If you don't want this, enter one or more blanks.
Settings for EPM (default editor)
For OS/2's EPM editor '%LINE%' positions the edited file at the first line
containing the searched string.
'locate ї%SEARCHSTRING%ї + A E C' will place the cursor exactly at the first
occurence of the text, causing EPM to do a string search. EPM takes the first
character that frames the searchstring as the start/end delimiter (here it's
ї). If this character appears in the string, the search is undefined since EPM
doesn't allow to escape a delimiter. You may change the ї to another delimiter.
So '%LINE%' is a better option for EPM, because a line number doesn't need delimiting.
Other editors
If you use another editor you can create your own command, just fill it in and
write %LINE% where you want the line numer and %SEARCHSTRING% where you want
the searchstring.
ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 40. Batch file generation Facility ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ
Transformation templates
Transformation templates allow the alteration of the path displayed in the
output list box. The batch generator adds the COMMAND BEFORE, the found path
(from the output listbox), the TRANSFORMED path and the COMMAND AFTER to a
single command. This gives the scheme
CMD BEFORE found path/file TRANSFORMED path/file CMD AFTER
e.g copy c:\test\my.txt c:\test\myaddedpath\my.txt
In the above example, "COMMAND" was abbreviated by "CMD".
Command before
The COMMAND BEFORE should be a valid shell command, e.g. copy, delete.
Command after
The COMMAND AFTER is a text, eg. lpt1:
Direct transformation
You can generate commands using one or two paths. The difference is as
follows:
copy ORIGINAL PATH TRANSFORMED PATH
eg. c:\test\my.txt c:\test\myaddedpath\my.txt
uses two pathes.
del TRANSFORMED PATH
eg. del c:\test\my.txt
uses one path.
By default, FF2 V7.4 assumes you want to generate a command using two pathes.
For a one path command, switch the "Direct transformation" radio button on.
This inserts only the generated path into the generated shell command. (Don't
forget that a blank TRANSFORMATION rule field results in the same path as the
original one, which is ok for deleting or printing files:
COMMAND BEFORE copy
COMMAND AFTER lpt1:
"copy found files lpt1:"
Generate a batch file
Click on the "generate" push button to generate the batch file with your
transformation rules.
Rexx commands
You invoke the Rexx command processor with a comment line of the form /* ....
*/. By default FF2 V7.4 generates "REM" comments, thus invoking the normal OS/2
command processor. When you check the "Rexx" checkbox, FF2 V7.4 generates the
Rexx style comments. These invoke the Rexx command processor when you start the
generated batch file.
Comment files in path
This feature helps you in cleaning up your files. If you generate e.g. delete
commands, these commands will be commented in the generated file, thus
preventing the shell from executing them and deleting probably needed files.
This check box is only enabled when you have done a search for duplicate files
with the Search for duplicate files dialog, and you checked the "Mark files in
below pathes in output listbox". Note that everything you specified
(transformation patterns and commands) are generated but commented.
Comment first file
If you want to clean up your duplicate files, you may wish to keep at least
one file of a set of duplicate files. That's exectly what "Comment first file" does.
Deleting duplicate files savely
If you want to delete duplicate files, you should use both options, "Comment
files in path" and "Comment first file". This preserves you one file and
preserves all files located in a path.
Generating lists
When you leave the COMMAND BEFORE entry field empty, FF2 V7.4 generates a
"list". A list consists of all the found files or directories. If you leave the
COMMAND BEFORE field empty FF2 V7.4 prompts you that you are generating a list
and gives you a choice to abort. Lists are useful in a Rexx procedure.
Generated ┬╖cmd file
If the file already exists, FF2 V7.4 asks you, whether to overwrite it or not.
FF2 V7.4 suggests you the default batchfile you specified in the default
generated batch file dialog. If you want FF2 V7.4 to generate into another
file, enter the path in the "path and filename without .cmd suffix" entryfield.
Edit
View and edit (if necessary) the generated .cmd file by clicking on the "edit"
push button.
Run a generated .cmd file
Click on " run". FF2 V7.4 opens a shell and executes the .cmd file.
CAUTION:
Before you run the commands, view the generated file!
ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 41. Directory size facility ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ
This tool gives you the actual used amount of bytes, e.g. allocated bytes in a directory.
Only empty directories
This is a "garbage collector" giving you empty directories which are possible
candidate for deleting. FF2 V7.4 considers a directory as empty when it
contains no files and subdirectories or only files of size 0.
Warning: Desktop folders are structures of empty directories. Don't delete
these!
Path
Enter the directory you want to examine in the entryfield or click on the
"Dir" pushbutton wich brings up the file dialog. Starting the dirsize run
Click on the "run" push button.
Stopping a delete run
Click on stop to stop the dirsize run.
Clear
This clears the path entryfield.
Quit
Closes the dirsize dialog. If a dirsize run is active, it will continue. To
stop it, press the "stop" push button.
ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 42. Search patterns 2-5 ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ
File search patterns
Enter a File search pattern.
Use
Click on the "use" check box to activate the patterns you entered. If no
search pattern is entered the use check box is disabled.
ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 43. Clipboard facility ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ
This tool allows you to get text to search from the clipboard. You clip text
into the clipboard whenever you do a "cut and paste" operation. A good example
is pasting in the EPM editor.
Selecting text
Mark text in the multi line entryfield
Click on "Use" or "Use and Quit"
If you don't mark text, the first 1000 bytes in the multi line entry field
will be used. You can not mark more then 1000 characters.
Use
"Use" puts the text contained in the clipboard in the "search" field, leaving
the clipboard dialog open.
Use and Quit
This puts the text conatined in the clipboard in the "search" field too, but
closes the clipboard dialog.
Update Display when Clipboard changes
If this check box is on, the text changes whenever you clip text in another
application to the clipboard. This may be boring so you can switch the change of.
Font
Clicking on the pushbutton brings up the fonts dialog. allowing you to change
the font of the multi line entryfield.
ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 44. Program starter arguments ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ
Passing arguments to a program
If you double click an executable file in the output list box or press the
"exec" push button, FF2 V7.4 determines the program type and starts the
program. For shell programs you can pass arguments and environment settings to
the programm to be started.
Arguments
If the program you start is the "dir" command, you could pass these arguments:
c:\os2 /p
Environment for a started program
If you don't specify an environment, FF2 V7.4 gets it from the shell. But
you're free to specify your own environemnt statements. You can check it out:
Search the "env" program and double click it. Press the "ok" button. A shell
opens and displays the environment. You can alter theenvironment settings by
either overwriting an existing enviroment or adding to an existing environment.
Of course you can add a new environment setting too.
Overwriting an environment setting
Supposed, your old environment for TMP was c:\tmp then c:\tmp\newtmp
overwrites the old setting.
Adding to an existing environment setting
Supposed, your old environment for TMP was c:\tmp then %TMP%=c:\tmp\newtmp
would add c:\tmp\newtmp to :\tmp which gives c:\tmp\newtm;:\tmp.
Creating a new environment setting
You crate a new environtemnt setting by adding the new setting. NEWTMP=c:\tmp
would add this setting to the environemnt.
Working directory
If you specify a working directory FF2 V7.4 changes to that directory before
starting the program.
Ok button
This starts the program. The started program appears in the tasklist. The
tasklist entry for this program contains the invokation parameters if you have
specified any.
ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 45. Selected a cmd-file ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ
This dialog asks you whether you want to edit or to exec the selected cmd-file.
If you don't want neither of them, press cancel to abort.
ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 46. File attributes facility ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ
Read only, hidden, system, archive
FF2 V7.4 searches for the following file attributes:
read only file
hidden file
system file
archive file
The controls you use in this dialog take 3 states:
blank file hasn't this attribute
crossed file has this attribute
greyed it doesn't matter
You have the choice to search for files with the selected attributes, for
files without the selected attributes or you can say you don't matter whether
a file has a certain attribute.
Examples
If you like to find all archived files, set read only, hidden and system to
greyed (doesn't matter) and check (crossed) archived files. If you want to
select all non-system files, set read only, hidden and archive to greyed and
system to blank.
Use selected attributs
If you check the "use selected attributes" checkboxes, your defined values
will be active in the next search.
In combination with the batch file generator/executer FF2 V7.4 enables you to
change file-attributes system-wide with a few keystorkes.
ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 47. Single command executor ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ
Enter a valid OS/2 or DOS command
Type the command you want to execute against the found file or directory.
Enter an optional to command
Type a command tail.
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Γöé command Γöé tail Γöé
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Γöé type Γöé lpt: Γöé
Γöé dir Γöé /p Γöé
Γöé xcopy Γöé c:/os2 /s Γöé
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Excute
Excute opens a shell and runs your comand.
ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 48. Default batch file ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ
Enter the default .CMD file which FF2 V7.4 uses in the batch generation dialog.
Fill in the filename (without the .CMD extension) and the correct path to the file.
Default
If you don't specify anything, FF2 V7.4 will use C:\FF2GEN.CMD as the default
batch file.
ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 49. Arguments for .CMD batch file ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ
Type in the arguments you want to pass to the .cmd or .bat file being executed.
ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 50. Can't make out Applicationtype ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ
What happend?
FF2 V7.4 tried to start your progam but didn't suceed. If you know what kind
of program you want to start, select the type and press ok. If you don't
succeed start the program from a OS/2 shell. I think the more programs are
beeing compiled with new versions of c and c++ compilers (and others) the fewer
you'll see this dialog.
ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 51. Directory deletor ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ
Delete all files and directories contained in a given path. FF2 V7.4 tries to
set the file attributes to normal before deleting the files, in other words
it's a tough delete. Type the directory you want to delete into the entryfield
or click on the "Dir" pushbutton. This brings up the file dialog.
Starting a directory deletion
Click on the "Run" push button.
Stopping a delete run
Click on stop to stop a deleting run.
Clear
This clears the path entryfield.
Quit
Closes the directory deletor dialog. If a deletion run is active, it will
continue. To stop it, press the "stop" push button.
ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 52. Search strings 2-5 ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ
This dialog offers you more text strings to search for. You have the same
choices referring to text strings as described in Primary display.
All
Word
Regular expressions (enable GREP)
Case sensitive
Hexadecimal strings
Not checkbox
Use selected values
The strings and logical expressions you entered become active if you check
the "Use selected values" check box. If nothing is entered, the check box is
disabled.
ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 53. Define regular expression special characters ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ
FF2 V7.4 suggests you default memonics for "regular expression characters". You
can change them whenever you like. The characters you entered will be displyed
in search textstrings 2-5 dialog where you use them. You cannot use the same
character two times.
ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 54. Standard OS/2 font Dialog ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ
Select one of the offered fonts.
Display fonts
When you invoked this dialog from the Output font configuration dialog you
may choose a display font, since you specify a font for the output listbox.
Printer fonts
When you invoked this dialog from the Printer setup dialog, you may select
either a display or a printer font.
Ok pushbutton
This activates the selected font and writes it to the OS2.INI file. So you
will get your font for the output listbox and printing whenever you use FF2 V7.4.
Cancel
The old font will still be active.
ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 55. Standard OS/2 File Dialog - File select ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ
This dialog lets you select a file. Choose a directory and a file and click on
file. The selected file will be used for the action you want to perform. press
cancel to undo your selection.
ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 56. Standard OS/2 File Dialog - Directory select ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ
Use this dialog to select a directory. This dialog works like the standard file
dialog but allows only the selection of directories.
ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 57. Working Option Selection ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ
Set the options active during searches and manage resources used by FF2 V7.4
Threads Field
FF2 V7.4 makes heavy usage of OS/2 multitasking capabilities. Indeed, FF2 V7.4
is one of the few tools making uncompromising use of threading. Please have a
look at the THREADS parameter in the config.sys, since you can't start more
threads then defined with this parameter. FF2 V7.4 will work with any number of
threads, but since threads eat ressources you should stick to something between
50 and 150. If you have a lot of memory (e.g. more than 16 MB) you may increase
this parameter.
Keep system responsive
FF2 V7.4 executes the search threads with the lowest possible priority. If you
think your system isn't responsive enough during a search, decrease the threads parameter.
However, you do this at the cost of search efficiency. Threads let the system
do disc I/O while doing other computations, e.g. searching text. More threads
keep the hard disk busy while there is still something to do for the threads
not waiting for data from the disk.
Maximum threads
FF2 V7.4 never schedules more threads than stated in the maximum threads
field. This is true for memory and threads scheduling.
Schedule by available memory
By default, FF2 V7.4 schedules its threads according to the available memory.
Schedule by available memory (default)
When you search a CD-Rom you will see that it may contain files up to 25 MB.
You can imagine that 10 Threads running at one time searching files of more
then e.g. 1 MB will keep OS/2 busy swapping and more dangerous, running out of
swapper space. To avoid this, FF2 V7.4 queries the physical memory installed
(e. g. 16 MB) and calculates, how many threads can be run concurrently. Here is
how it works:
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ΓöéBytes of ΓöéFile ΓöéThreads Γöé
ΓöéMemory Γöésize Γöé Γöé
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Γöé 1,000,000 Γöé 100,000 Γöé10 Γöé
Γöé 1,000,000 Γöé 300,000 Γöé 3 Γöé
Γöé16,000,000 Γöé5000,000 Γöé 3 Γöé
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Start automatic scheduling from field
This helps efficiently running your system. Just keep in mind that even if you
specify 100 threads running this number will decrease because new threads wait
until the large files are done searching. The FF2 V7.4 default value is 0,
meaning that the scheduler is active all the time. If you like, you can
increase this number, e.g. up to 100,000 bytes. This means that FF2 V7.4
schedules files under 100,000 bytes up to the limit in the thread fields and
schedules files larger 100,000 bytes according to the available memory. If you
change this setting, don't enter too large values. In most cases the default
setting of zero is ok. A good reason to encrease it would be a search with a
lot of small files and one of several megabytes.
Schedule by allowed threads.
If you switch "schedule by allowed threads" on, you set a limit of allowed
threads, not taking care of the memory situation. While working on small files,
this is ok but it can become dangerous if you work on large files of one
megabyte or more. (When it becomes dangerous depends on how much memory you
have installed and how many other processes you are running).
Warn on not accessible Files
In text searches some files may not be accessible. By default, FF2 V7.4 warns
you on those files. This may be annoying. Uncheck warn on not accessible files
to turn of promting.
Ask before replacing Text
If you want to be asked before FF2 V7.4 replaces a found text string, activate
the warn before text replacement option. By default, FF2 V7.4 warns you before
changing text.
Note that it might happen that a replace prompt window is hidden behind FF2
V7.4. In this case, FF2 V7.4 seems to hang, because it's waiting for your
input. Simply search the window and press ok or cancel.
Display context lines
FF2 V7.4 displays the line that contains a found text if you activate this
option. Found lines are marked with a "=>" and replaced lines are marked with
"<=". This gives you a quick decision help, which files might be worth a closer
look. If you don't want the context lines, switch this option off.
Truncated (long) output lines
Note that very large lines how they occur in binary files will be truncated.
This happens in a way that the found string can be displayed. These lines start
with the flag "Truncated!".
Number of context lines
You can change the range of context lines displayed before and after the found
string. Note that this spinbutton is only enabled when you set the "display
context line" option active. The found line is marked by '=>', the replaced
line by '<='. Both lines are highlited in different colors. The context lines
are flagged with a '+'.
Verbose search results
Search results come in two flavours. The default is a short listing containing
only information about drives files found on. You can change the default to a
"verbose" listing containing information about all search options active during
the search and information about all searched drives, including thouse no files
have been found on. To do this, check the "verbose search results" check box.
ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 58. Memory ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ
Get informations about current memory usage. The displayed values have the
following meanings:
Page Size
The Size of a Page (the primary memory management unit) on your system.
OS/2 Version
The Revision letter.
Physical available
Total number of bytes of physical memory in the system.
Resident
Total number of bytes of resident memory in the system.
Available to all processes (red)
Maximum number of bytes that can be allocated by all processes in the
system. This number is advisory and is not guaranteed, since system
conditions change constantly.
Private available
Maximum number of bytes of memory that this process can allocate in its
private arena. This number is advisory and is not guaranteed, since
system conditions change constantly.
Shared available
Maximum number of bytes of memory that a process can allocate in the
shared arena. This number is advisory and is not guaranteed, since system
conditions change constantly.
SWAPPER.DAT size
Every 20 seconds FF2 V7.4 queries the size of actual allocated memory
blocks in the SWAPPER.DAT file.
Update interval in millicseconds
You can change the timer interval. Activate the new value by clicking on the
"set" push button. Note that the timer setting doesn't affect the interval for
querying the SWAPPER.DAT size.
ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 59. Container ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ
Displaying the search results
You can open the container dialog whenever you want. You can minimize the FF2
V7.4 main panel and interact with the objects in the container just as you
would from the listbox.
Note that you can't close the conatiner during an acitve search.
Display modes
A click on the left mouse button brings up a pop up menu which offers you
three different views:
View mode Description
Icon Shows the icons of the found files
Name Shows the icons and names of the found files
Text Shows the name of the found files only
Details Shows the details (name, data of last write and size) of
the found files
ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 60. Register ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ
Register
CompuServe Shareware Registration
If you are a CompuServe member, GOSWREG and select ID 10138. This registers
you for FF2 V7.4.
Sending me the money
I'm not greedy, no. But writing an application like this takes you a lot of
time. Click on email to get my email adress. Send me a mail and you get my
postal adress, so you can send me the money.
Transfer the license fee to my bank account
Zuercher Kantonalbank 8952 Schlieren (Switzerland) Account 1148-998.792,
Markus Pfister
Anyway, THANK you for sending the money! Your contribution make sure that there
will be future releases of FF2 V7.4.
Disclaimer
FF2 V7.4 is a product of HankoSoft. HankoSoft will not take
responsability / liability for any damage to your hard- and
software nor to loss or destruction of data caused by FF2 V7.4.
By using FF2 V7.4 you agree with this disclaimer.
ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 61. not used now ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ
ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 62. Printer setup ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ
Using default values
Click on the "Ok" pushbutton to start printing. If you have choosen a font in
a previous session this font will be used. If not, FF2 V7.4 uses 8 point
Courier. If you don't select another printing queue, FF2 V7.4 prints to your
default Presentation Manager queue.
Selecting a printer queue
Use the list box to choose a printer queue. You must double click on a printer
queue name to select a printer queue. Once the printer queue is active, FF2
V7.4 spools the desired file or search results to this queue. The selection is
only active during the current printing session. Whenever you bring up the
printer setup dialog, the queue you made the OS/2 deault queue will be marked
and preselected.
Selecting a font
Click on the "Font" pushbutton. This brings up the standard fonts dialog. If
you select a font in this dialog, this font will be used as long until you
specify another one. (FF2 V7.4 writes the font to the OS2.INI file).
Choose your own document header
If you don't like the FF2 V7.4 default header, you can define one of your
choice. The text you enter in the "header" entryfield will appear on top of
every page of the printed document, followed by the page number.
Define left margin
You define the left margin in sizes of a blank in the used font and fontsize.
If you spin the button until "4" shows up, you define a left margin having the
size of four blank characters. This is handy when you want to add handwritten
notes to the printed documents.
Expand tabs to blanks
A tabulator can be replaced by a number of blanks. Select through how many
blanks you want to expand a tab sign. Normally 3 is a good value.
Printer setup
If you wish, you can change the settings offered by your display drivers
setup. Note that changes in the printer driver setup dialog affect only your
current printing session.
Do the printing
Press the "Ok" push button to start printing. If you first want a preview,
open the printer icon and select "Change status". Here you set the status to
"hold". As soon as the spooling has stopped, you can double click the icon with
the name of the printed file or search results output. This invokes the file
view tool.
No printing
If you change your mind, click on the "Cancel" push button. This brings you
back to the FF2 main panel.
ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 63. Search duplicate files ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ
Search for duplicate files
When I wrote this feature and used it the first time on my sytem I was really
surprised. I knew, I had some duplicate files. But I didn't expect that many.
With FF2 V7.4 you can do a four step approach to clean up your hard disk.
File Names must be equal
File sizes must be equal
File contents must be equal
Mark files located in a search path
Equal file names
To search for equal file names, just check the "Use the specified values"
check box, which will change color from red to green. When you start now a
search, FF2 V7.4 searches for files with the same name.
Note that you can't enter a search criteria while you have the "Use the
specified values" check box checked. Uncheck it to do text searches and text replacement.
Equal file names and sizes
Once you have found equal files, you might distinguish between file sizes,
since there could be different versions of files. To accomplish this, check
the "Files must be of same size" option.
Equal file contents (compare)
This is the last step. To be sure whether you can throw away a file, it must
be compared. FF2 V7.4 does this for you. When the "Compare files" option is
set, FF2 V7.4 compares all found files with the same name and file size
against each other and lists them. Now you can be sure to have found duplicate
files. Note that checking "Compare files" activates the "Files must be of same
size" option too.
Different versions
There may be duplicate versions of files having the same name and file size
but different contents. These files are listed with a separate version number,
which is displayed in brackets []. Note that a file has to be present at least
4 with the same file size in two different versions (every version is
represented by two files) to be listed as different version.
Mark files located in below pathes in output results listbox
Now you're up to make a decision. Throwing away the duplicate files or not? I
had that kind of trouble myself. One important clue whether you can throw away
a file or not is whether it's located in a search or lib path. If it is in
such a path, you are cautious about throwing it away. FF2 V7.4 supports your
decision making. If you activate the "Mark files located in below pathes in
output results listbox" check box you can select path entries from the
listbox. Every duplicate file located in a search or libpath will appear with
a red hint, every file not located in a search or libpath with a green hint.
This feature comes handy when you want to delete duplicate files.
Mark all
This check box is a shortcut for selecting all searchpathes in the list box.
This check box is only enabled when you activate the "Mark files located in
below pathes in output results listbox". If you uncheck the box, all pathes
are deselected.
Reset duplicate file search
Again, click on the "Use specified values" check box. It turns red,
indicating that the settings won't be used. This means, FF2 V7.4 is in the
normal mode, which allows text searches and text replacement. You achieve the
same results, if you click on the "Clear" push button. This resets all check
boxes to unset.
Showing workstate
Searching for duplicate files can be a lengthy task when you're searching for
thousands of files. FF2 V7.4 tells you which files it's comparing. The first
file showing up in the FF2 V7.4 primary display is the file that is compared
against all other files with the same name. The "other" file is the second
file name displayed. The logic of FF2 V7.4 is to compare every file found
against the others except the other file is already equal to another. I think
the display of the files actually being compared is useful to give you an
impression of the work your computer is doing to compare all the equal files.
Note that it won't be a good idea to search only on one hard drive since the
duplicate file are normally spread all over your system.
Generating batch commands
In the Batch file generation dialog you find two checkboxes which relate to
the settings you choose in this dialog. If you selected "Mark files located in
below pathes in output results listbox" you force comments on these files,
thus preserving them from being processed by the shell. Another option allows
you to preserve the first file of a set of duplicate files.
ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 64. Write search results to file ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ
Select a file name
If you don't want to use the default file name, choose a file from the file list.
Enter a file and path name
If you want to enter a new file name, use the entry field. Note that you must
specify a path and the file name.
Edit the file
If you want to have a look at the file press the edit push button.
Write the file
Push this button to write the file. You will be warned if the file already exists.
Cancel
Leave the write to file dialog without writing the file nor storing a new file
name in the file name entryfield.
Reset
Reset clears the entryfield.
ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 65. Keys help ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ
Keys help
Use the tab key to tab forward and the tab shift key to tab backwards.
The following accelerator keys are defined:
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Γöé Key Γöé Action Γöé
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Γöé Alt-s Γöé search Γöé
Γöé Γöé Γöé
Γöé Alt-c Γöé cancel search / values Γöé
Γöé Γöé Γöé
Γöé Alt-e Γöé edit a selected file Γöé
Γöé Γöé Γöé
Γöé Alt-x Γöé run a selected file Γöé
Γöé Γöé Γöé
Γöé Alt-r Γöé reverse output display Γöé
Γöé Γöé Γöé
Γöé Alt-d Γöé delete a selected file Γöé
Γöé Γöé Γöé
Γöé Alt-p Γöé print a selected file Γöé
Γöé Γöé Γöé
Γöé Alt-l Γöé command on selected file Γöé
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ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 66. Word ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ
A word is an expression surrounded on the left and right by non-
alphanumerical characters. If you select word you will get the following search
results:
ΓöîΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓö¼ΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓö¼ΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓö¼ΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÉ
Γöébutton ΓöésearchΓöé in Γöé Γöé
Γöécase sens?ΓöéstringΓöé file ΓöéfoundΓöé
Γö£ΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓö╝ΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓö╝ΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓö╝ΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöñ
Γöéchecked Γöé int Γöé int Γöéyes Γöé
Γöéchecked Γöé int Γöé(int* Γöéyes Γöé
Γöéchecked Γöé int Γöé9int Γöéno Γöé
Γöéchecked Γöé int Γöésintx Γöéno Γöé
Γöéchecked Γöé int Γöé intx Γöéno Γöé
ΓööΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓö┤ΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓö┤ΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓö┤ΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÿ
You can combine the options "case sensitive", "word" and "all".
ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 67. Case sensitive ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ
This table shows how case sensitivity affects search results. Note that case
sensitive searches are slightly faster since there is no need to uppercase the
searched text.
ΓöîΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓö¼ΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓö¼ΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓö¼ΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÉ
Γöésearched text Γöé searchstring Γöé case Γöé match Γöé
Γöé Γöé Γöé sens. Γöé Γöé
Γö£ΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓö╝ΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓö╝ΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓö╝ΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöñ
Γöé this is a House Γöé House Γöé yes Γöé yes Γöé
Γöé this is OS/2. Γöé Os/2 Γöé yes Γöé no Γöé
Γöé this is a House Γöé house Γöé no Γöé yes Γöé
Γöé this is OS/2 Γöé Os/2 Γöé no Γöé yes Γöé
ΓööΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓö┤ΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓö┤ΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓö┤ΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÿ
Here is another example:
Entering the word "what" as search argument results in the following hits
depending on "case sensitive" or "case insensitive" search.
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Γöébutton ΓöésearchΓöé in Γöé Γöé
Γöécase sens?ΓöéstringΓöéfileΓöéhit Γöé
ΓöéΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓö╝ΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓö╝ΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓö╝ΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöñ
Γöéchecked Γöéwhat ΓöéwhatΓöéyes Γöé
Γöéchecked ΓöéwHat ΓöéwHatΓöéyes Γöé
Γöéchecked ΓöéWhat ΓöéwhatΓöéno Γöé
Γöénot ch. Γöéwhat ΓöéwhatΓöéyes Γöé
Γöénot ch. ΓöéwHAt ΓöéwhatΓöéyes Γöé
ΓööΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓö┤ΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓö┤ΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓö┤ΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÿ
Hex check box
When the "Case sensitive" check box is set, the "Hex" checkbox is disabled.
ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 68. All occurences ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ
List all hits of string x in the found file if the "all" checkbox is set on or
only the first match if it's off. Note that displaying all strings takes more
time to search.
ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 69. Regular expressions ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ
GREP - Regular Expressions
Long time ago, people where searching for text in files too. They did it on
UNIX systems, and they the were looking for things like: I want all occurences
of hello in below text:
Hello, this is an example of how you don't find all hellos in a text with a
simple search for helo.
They searched for "Hello", for "hello" and for the misspelled "helo". You can
do this with FF2 too, by using the File search pattern dialog. But I don't
recommend you that. Again, the old folks thought: Too much work, we must get
around that. We must invent something, that allows more flexibility. Something,
that extends the meaning of a searchstring. The "something" are the "special
characters", or more professional, the "metacharacters." Some student got the
job from his prof, and he worte one of the legendary UNIX tools: GREP. (Global
regular expressions). FF2 V7.4 sticks close to the GREP syntax, but doesn't
support all features of it. Others have been changed, since the GREP syntax
sometime gets really tricky. So with FF2 V7.4 you search for the different
hellos with something like:
[Hh]e{1,2}lo
Does it look odd to you? Right, otherwise there wouldn't be whole books about
that topic. But let's look bravely at it. The [Hh] means "There must be a
character, which is either a "H" or a "h". The e means simply there must be an
"e" and {1,2}l means there must be either one or two "l" and the o means simply
"o". So this in fact matches now "Hello, hello, helo".
If you want the only the Hello at the start of line, you would ad a caret "^"
which has the start of line special meaning.
^[Hh]e{1,2}lo
This finds only the first "Hello" at start of line.
What follows in the next are examples for the use of wildcards, ranges,
repetitions, start and end of line and their combinations.
Note: You don't learn this by reading, but by doing. Create a file with a
short text and start experimenting. Once you've got the message, you won't miss
these GREP patterns!
Regular expression checkbox
If you start a search for a text, FF2 V7.4 searches for exactly the string you
entered in the search string entry field.
If you check the regular expression checkbox, you activate the meanings of the
special (meta) character from the regular expressions dialog . And you enable
FF2 V7.4 's built in GREP (regular expression) matching capabilities.
The grep search capabilities give FF2 V7.4 a high power for flexible searches.
Characters with special meanings * ? @ # % ! / > Some examples to show you the
effects:
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Γöéspeial ΓöésearchΓöé in Γöé Γöé
Γöécharacter ΓöéstringΓöé file Γöéfound Γöé
ΓöéΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓö╝ΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓö╝ΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓö╝ΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöñ
Γöéwildcard Γöé * Γöé abc ΓöéalwaysΓöé
Γöéjoker Γöé ??? Γöé abc ΓöéalwaysΓöé
Γöéalpha Γöé @a1 Γöé aa1 Γöéyes Γöé
Γöéalpha Γöé @a1 Γöé 9a1 Γöéno Γöé
Γöénumeric Γöé ##9 Γöé 449 Γöéyes Γöé
Γöénumeric Γöé ##9 Γöé a49 Γöéno Γöé
Γöéalphanum Γöé %%x Γöé 48x Γöéyes Γöé
Γöéalphanum Γöé %%x Γöé [8x Γöéno Γöé
Γöénot alnum Γöé !!! Γöé (=? Γöéyes Γöé
Γöénumeric Γöé !!! Γöé 9=? Γöéno Γöé
ΓööΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓö┤ΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓö┤ΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓö┤ΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÿ
NOT ASCI ">" finds things like tabs or German vowels.
ASCI "/" finds all ASCI characters.
If you have a file with the text "This is really 111 a very nice test" and you
search for R?EA*##%*TE@@! the string is found. (Supposed you use the default
values supplied with FF2 V7.4).
With the escape character you overwrite the special meaning of a character. If
a text in a file is "*** 4000 lines printed. ****" the search pattern \*\*\*
4000 finds three asterisks followed by blank 4000, not applying the special
meaning "wildcard" of the character "*". This example supposes you have not
changed the default escape character "\".
Search pattern at start of line ^
If you know GREP, you are already familiar with this. By default, the
character indicating "must be at start of line" is the "^" (caret). Note that
this character must be the first character in your search (grep) pattern.
Otherwise, the character has no special meaning.
Some examples to show you the effects:
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ΓöéPattern Γöé Text Γöé match? Γöé
Γö£ΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓö╝ΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓö╝ΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöñ
Γöé^a test Γöé a test Γöé yes Γöé
Γöé^ a test Γöé look a test Γöé no Γöé
Γöé^* Γöé a test Γöé yes Γöé
Γöé^* Γöé a test Γöé yes Γöé
Γöé^^a test Γöé ^a test Γöé yes Γöé
Γöé^^a test Γöé a test Γöé no Γöé
Γöéa ^ test Γöé a ^ test Γöé yes Γöé
ΓööΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓö┤ΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓö┤ΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÿ
Search pattern at end of line $
If you know GREP, you are already familiar with this too. By default, the
character indicating "must be at end of line" is the "$" (dollar). Note that
this character must be the first character in your search (grep) pattern,
otherwise the character has no special meaning.
Some examples to show you the effects:
ΓöîΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓö¼ΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓö¼ΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÉ
ΓöéPattern Γöé Text Γöé match? Γöé
Γö£ΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓö╝ΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓö╝ΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöñ
Γöéa test$ Γöé a test Γöé yes Γöé
Γöéa test$ Γöé a test look Γöé no Γöé
Γöé*$ Γöé a test Γöé yes Γöé
Γöé*test$ Γöé a test Γöé yes Γöé
Γöéa test$$ Γöé a test$ Γöé yes Γöé
Γöéa test$ Γöé a test$ Γöé no Γöé
Γöéa $ test Γöé a $ test Γöé yes Γöé
ΓööΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓö┤ΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓö┤ΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÿ
Search pattern at start and end of line ^ and $
This offers interisting possibilities. You can find a line that contains only
the searched text and nothing else. The pattern "^Hello world$" matches only
"Hello world", and not " Hello world" or "Hello world ".
Finding empty lines ^$
An empty line will be found with the pattern "^$".
Finding all text ^*$
Everything will be found with the pattern "^*$".
Bracket expressions [a-zA-Z]
Again, if you know GREP you may have already seen some of this. Bracket
expressions give a range of characters to hit. If you want to match "World" and
"world" in a case sensitive search, you spezify [Ww]orld. This means, that the
lower or uppercase w is all right. Another sample would be "hook" and "look"
which would be both matched with [wl]ook.
More sophisticated uses include ranges, which are represented in a from char
to char fashion [a-z] which matches all chars between lower a and lower z.
To match all characters of the alphabet, lowercase and uppercase write [a-zA-Z].
You are allowed to write as many ranges as you like, e.g. [abcd1-9xyz] matches
abcd or a number or xyz.
Let's look closer to at the numbers. Instead of [abcd1-9xyz] you may write
[abcd#xyz] supposed you've left the meaning of the regular expressions
unchanged. Inside the brackets, the special meaning of the characters is
maintained, with the following exceptions :
Joker *
Inside brackets the joker (*) has the same meaning as ?
Inside brackets, repetitions (see below) are nonsense and have no
meaning. [{1,2}x] inside a bracket is interpreted as "one of these
characters must be there".
[#-@]
A range from number to ASCI doesn't make sense. In a from-to expression
regular expressions are treated like they would be escaped thus a # means
"the char #" and not "must be a digit".
Escaping within bracket expressions
Supposed you want to search for '[' (openingg bracket) ']' (closing bracket)
or '-' (range within brackets) within a bracket expression you have to escape
them. [ab-\1-3] means match a,b or '-' or a number between 1-3. The same way
work [ab\]1-3] and [ab\[1-3].
Case sensitive search is assumed!
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ΓöéPattern Γöé Text Γöé match? Γöé
Γö£ΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓö╝ΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓö╝ΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöñ
Γöé[wW]orld Γöé world Γöé yes Γöé
Γöé[wW]orld Γöé World Γöé yes Γöé
Γöé19[0-4]5 Γöé 1935 Γöé yes Γöé
Γöé19[0-4]5 Γöé 1995 Γöé no Γöé
Γöé[lh]ook Γöé look Γöé yes Γöé
Γöé[lh]ook Γöé hook Γöé yes Γöé
Γöé[a-z]ake Γöé make Γöé yes Γöé
Γöé[a-z]ake Γöé fake Γöé yes Γöé
Γöé[a-z]ake Γöé Sake Γöé no Γöé
Γöé[a-z]ake Γöé sake Γöé yes Γöé
Γöé[a-zA-Z]ake Γöé Sake Γöé yes Γöé
Γöé[a-zA-Z]ake Γöé sake Γöé yes Γöé
Γöéwo[@#]rld Γöé world Γöé yes Γöé
Γöéwo[@#]rld Γöé wo4ld Γöé yes Γöé
Γöéwa[ab\-z]ter Γöé wa-ter Γöé yes Γöé
Γöéwa[ab-z]ter 5 Γöé wa-ter Γöé no Γöé
Γöébra[\[]cket Γöé bra[cket Γöé yes Γöé
ΓööΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓö┤ΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓö┤ΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÿ
Repeating an expression {1,2}a or {1-2}a
Again, GREP addicts will know the message. Repetitions are indicated by the
following syntax: {from,to}character or {from-to}character. So you match
"helo", "hello", "helllo" by specifying he{1,3}lo. If you want to find
"hello", write he{2}lo. Repetitions become handy if you wand to match things
like a numer starting with one and having 1-5 zeroes followed by one. 1{1-5}01
does the job.
Repeating regular expressions {1,2}[a-z]
You can repeat characters which have special meanings and bracked
expressions. he{1,2}[a-z]o still matches "hello", the same is true for
{he{1,2}@. If you repeat the "*" (joker) you would find a line containing
"this this this" by th{3}*s. Again, you will have to play around with the
repetition feature to exploit it's power.
Case sensitive search is assumed!
{1,2}a and {1-2}a have the same meaning.
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ΓöéPattern Γöé Text Γöé match? Γöé
Γö£ΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓö╝ΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓö╝ΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöñ
Γöéhe{1,2}lo Γöé hello Γöé yes Γöé
Γöéhe{2}lo Γöé hello Γöé yes Γöé
Γöéhe{1}lo Γöé hello Γöé no Γöé
Γöéhe{1,5}lo Γöé hello Γöé yes Γöé
Γöéhe{3,5}lo Γöé hello Γöé no Γöé
Γöé1{1-5}01 Γöé 101 Γöé yes Γöé
Γöé1{1-5}01 Γöé 1001 Γöé yes Γöé
Γöé1{1-5}01 Γöé 10001 Γöé yes Γöé
Γöé1{1-5}01 Γöé 100001 Γöé yes Γöé
Γöé1{1-5}01 Γöé 1000001 Γöé yes Γöé
Γöé1{1-5}01 Γöé 10000001 Γöé no Γöé
Γöéhe{1,2}[a-z]o Γöé hello Γöé yes Γöé
Γöéhe{1,2}[A-Z]o Γöé hello Γöé no Γöé
Γöét{3}*s Γöé this this this Γöé yes Γöé
ΓööΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓö┤ΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓö┤ΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÿ
Escaping a repeating expression
You escape a repeating expression by adding the escaping character.
he\{1,2}llo matches now only the string "he{1,2}llo".
Repetitions and start/end of line
Start of line and end of line characters must occur as the first or last
characters in the regular expression. Look at the examples:
Case sensitive search is assumed!
{1,2}a and {1-2}a have the same meaning.
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ΓöéPattern Γöé Text Γöé match? Γöé
Γö£ΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓö╝ΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓö╝ΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöñ
Γöé{1,2}^ hello Γöé a ^ hello Γöé yes Γöé
Γöé{1,2}^ hello Γöé a ^^ hello Γöé yes Γöé
Γöé^{1,2}^ hello Γöé a ^ hello Γöé no Γöé
Γöé^{1,2}^ hello Γöé ^hello Γöé yes Γöé
Γöé^{1,2}^ hello Γöé ^^hello Γöé yes Γöé
Γöéhello{1,2}$ Γöé hello$ a Γöé yes Γöé
Γöéhello{1,2}$ Γöé hello$$ a Γöé yes Γöé
Γöéhello{1,2}$$ Γöé hello$ a Γöé no Γöé
Γöéhello{1,2}$$ Γöé hello$ Γöé yes Γöé
ΓööΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓö┤ΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓö┤ΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÿ
Wildcards and repetitions
You can look for lines like "hello 123 a test" , "hello oops 1234 a test" by
writing the pattern ^*{1-3}[1-4] a test. This shows that if you specify a
wildcard followed by a repetition or bracket expression (or both together like
here) the following pattern {1-3}[1-4] (one to three times a character in the
range from 1 to 4) must be matched.
Hex check box
When the "Use regular expressions" check box is checked, the "Hex" check box
is disabled.
ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 70. Startable program types ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ
Read the following information to start a program whose type you don't know.
This situation occurs with some "old" programs wich don't contain information
about their appearence under OS/2.
ΓöîΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓö¼ΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÉ
ΓöéProgram Γöé Γöé
Γöétype Γöé remarksΓöé
Γö£ΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓö╝ΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöñ
Γöé Γöé Γöé
ΓöéFull screen OS/2 Γöé 1 Γöé
ΓöéWindowed OS/2 Γöé 1 Γöé
ΓöéPM Γöé 2 Γöé
ΓöéFull screen DOS Γöé 3 Γöé
ΓöéWindowed DOS Γöé 3 Γöé
ΓöéWINOS/2 Γöé 4 Γöé
ΓööΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓö┤ΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÿ
1. A full screen program normally
runs as a windowed OS/2 program
and vice versa.
2. Every program that uses PM to
display itself (and is not a windows
program).
3. A full screen DOS program normally
runs as a windowed DOS program and
vice versa.
4. Every program that uses WINDOWS to
dispay itself on the desktop.
ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 71. Transformation Templates ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ
Definition for substitutions
Transformation templates work the way that you can devide a path into it's
parts:
%d% drive = d:
%p% path = \path\ (the whole path)
%p1% to %p10% = part 1...10 of above path
%f% filename = file
%e% file extension = .ext
%s% file + extension = file.ext
The parts extracted by the transformation templates contain already the :
(colons) and \ (backslashes). You need to enter them only when you are adding
additional pathes like in %d%%p1%MYPATH\%p2%. In this example you add a \
(backlashe) after MYPATH.
Sample template definitions: copy
If you wish to copy all found files with another filename extension then the
original one, just enter
"%d%%p%%f%.new"
What does it? It looks up the found path and builds the to-destination by
extracting the drive, path filename and fileextension from the original path
and applys it on your template. This makes up the destination path. The from
part remains unchanged, and in the destination part drive, path and filename
remain unchanged, but the filename extension is set to "new".
Adding directory levels
Suppose you want to add two direcotory levels to save the found files. The
template
%d%newlevel1\newlevel2\%p%%s%"
does it, leaving drive, filename and filename extension unchanged, and adding
adds level1\level2\ to the destination filename.
You might want to change a path named drive:\dir1\dir2\dir3\filename.ext to
\dir1\mynewdir\dir2\dir3\filename.ext wich requieres the template
"%d%%p1%mydir%p2%%p3%%s%"
Deleting directory levels
The same way you can delete a directory with a template.
%d%%p1%%p3%%s%
deletes the second directory level in the path, changing the original
drive:\dir1\dir2\dir3\filename.ext to drive:\dir1\dir3\filename.ext.
More directory parts then in the original path
If the original path contains less directory parts then %pn% substitutions FF2
V7.4 substitutes the superfluous %pn% with empty strings. This way the result
is the same as if you wouldn't have specified a %pn% path. Here's an example:
found path: "d:\path1\myfile.ext"
subst. pattern: "d:%p1%%p2%%p3%%f%.sav"
result: "d:\path1\myfile.sav"
ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 72. File search pattern ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ
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Γöé pattern Γöé matches Γöé
Γö£ΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓö╝ΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöñ
Γöé*.txt Γöé hello.txt bye.txt FF2.txt Γöé
Γöéwom?n Γöé woman women Γöé
Γöé*.sav Γöé hello.sav bye.sav Γöé
Γöéconfig.??? Γöé config.sav config.sv1 Γöé
Γöépa*.??? Γöé pattern.txt pause.exe Γöé
Γöé*.? Γöé fancy.1 warp.1 Γöé
Γöé*.* Γöé everything with a dot between Γöé
Γöé* Γöé everything Γöé
ΓööΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓö┤ΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÿ
ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 73. Hexadecimal characters ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ
Hexadecimal strings
Every character can be represented by its hexadecimal value. Have a look at an
ASCII table or enter a text in the text strings entryfield, then check the
"hex" checkbox. If you entered abcd01234, you will get a string of
616263643031323334. This is the hexadecimal representation of abcd01234. If you
uncheck the "hex" checkbox, you'll get abcd01234 again.
Examples
You can use the hexadecimal string representation whenever you want to search
or change unprintable characters, eg. to change the newline sequence 0D0A to
another value. Advanced usage includes patching.
Case sensitive and Regular expression checkbox
When "Hex" is checked, the "Case sensitive" and "Regular expression" check
boxes are disabled. Note that in the hex search mode, searches are always case
sensitive. E. g. 74657374, the hexadecimal representation of "test" matches
only "test", and not "TEST" or "TEst".
ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 74. Logical connections ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ
"and", "or", "not" checkboxes
You combine the search strings logically by toggeling the and/or checkbox. FF2
V7.4 searches all strings you specified. For every file FF2 V7.4 then evaluates
wheter the found strings and your logical expressions match. FF2 V7.4 evaluates
logical expressions in top down order.
"Not" negates a logical expression, e.g. "and not a string" means that it's
true if the string was not found at the evaluation point of this expression.
Expr. 1:
1 and 2 and 3 and 4 and 5
Expr. 2:
1 and 2 or 3 or 4 and 5
Expr. 3:
1 or 2 or 3 and not 4 and 5
Expr. 4:
1 and not 2 or 3 or 4 and 5
ΓöîΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓö¼ΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓö¼ΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÉ
Γöéexpres- Γöéstring found in fileΓöétrue Γöé
Γöésion Γö£ΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓö¼ΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓö¼ΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓö¼ΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓö¼ΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöñ Γöé
Γöé Γöé 1 Γöé 2 Γöé 3 Γöé 4 Γöé 5 Γöé Γöé
Γö£ΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓö╝ΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓö╝ΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓö╝ΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓö╝ΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓö╝ΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓö╝ΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöñ
Γöé 1 Γöé Y Γöé Y Γöé N Γöé N Γöé Y Γöé No Γöé
Γöé 2 Γöé Y Γöé Y Γöé N Γöé N Γöé Y Γöé Yes Γöé
Γöé 3 Γöé Y Γöé Y Γöé N Γöé N Γöé Y Γöé Yes Γöé
Γöé 4 Γöé Y Γöé Y Γöé N Γöé N Γöé Y Γöé No Γöé
ΓööΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓö┤ΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓö┤ΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓö┤ΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓö┤ΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓö┤ΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓö┤ΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÿ
ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 75. Installation ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ
System requirements
It's up to you how much system resources you give FF2 V7.4. You specify system
resources in the working options dialog.
The Hankosoft product FF2 V7.4 is delivered with
FF2.EXE executable
FF2.HLP helpfile
FF2.INI initial file
Help file location
The FF2.hlp file should be placed either in the same directory as FF2 V7.4 or
in the HELP path.
Restoring the FF2.INI file
If your FF2.INI file seems to be corrupted just delete it. FF2 generates a new
one containing the installation default values. The FF2.INI file will always be
placed in the same directory as FF2.EXE.
Disclaimer
FF2 V7.4 is a product of HankoSoft. HankoSoft will not take
responsability / liability for any damage to your hard- and
software nor to loss or destruction of data caused by FF2 V7.4.
By using FF2 V7.4 you agree with this disclaimer.