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- TS (Text Search)
-
-
- Description: Searches for specified text in one or more files, on an entire
- disk, or in the unallocated areas of a disk.
-
-
- Syntax: Version 3.0: TS [/N]
-
-
- Version 3.1: TS [(drive:)] [(path)] [(filespec)]
- [(search-text)] [/EBCDIC] [/EUR] [/LOG] [/N]
- [/S] [/T]
-
- TS [(search-text)] {/D | /E} [/EBCDIC] [/EUR]
- [/LOG] [/N]
-
- Version 4.0: TS [(drive:)] [(path)] [(filespec)]
- [(search-text)] [/A] [/CS] [/EBCDIC] [/LOG]
- [/N] [/S] [/T] [/WS]
-
- TS [(search-text)] {/D | /E} [/A] [/CS] [/C(n)]
- [/EBCDIC] [/LOG] [/N] [/WS]
-
-
-
- Version 4.5: TS [(drive:)] [(path)] [(filespec)]
- [(search-text)] [/A] [/CS] [/EBCDIC] [/LOG]
- [/S] [/T] [/WS]
-
- TS [(search-text)] {/D | /E} [/A] [/CS] [/C(n)]
- [/EBCDIC] [/LOG] [/WS]
-
-
-
- Parameters:
-
- (drive:) The single-letter specifier (A:, B:, C:, etc.) for the drive
- containing the file you want to search. Follow the letter with
- a colon. The current drive is the default.
-
- (path) The full name (C:\WP\LETTERS) of the directory containing the
- files you want to search. The current directory for the
- designated drive is the default.
-
- (filespec) The name of the file you want to search. The default
- (filespec) is ..
-
- (search-text) A text string for which you want to search. If the text string
- is more than a single word, you must enclose it in quote
- marks. If the text string contains a single-quote character,
- enclose the text in double-quote marks. If the text contains a
- double-quote character, enclose the text in single-quote
- marks.
-
- /A Searches automatically by responding ``yes'' to all prompts.
-
- /CS Makes the search case sensitive. If you do not use this
- switch, TS ignores case when comparing (search-text) with data
- on disk or in a file.
-
- /C(n) Specifies the starting cluster number when searching either
- the entire disk (see /D) or the erased areas on the disk (see
- /E).
-
- /D Searches the entire disk, including both allocated and
- unallocated areas.
-
- /E Searches the erased (unallocated) clusters in the data area.
-
- /EBCDIC Specifies that the files you are searching use Extended Binary
- Coded Decimal Interchange Code rather than ASCII.
-
- /EUR Specifies the European character set and includes character
- codes 128 through 255 in the search. The default is to ignore
- characters with a code greater than 127.
-
- /LOG Displays diagnostic output as separate (not overlaid) output
- lines that can be redirected to either a printer or a disk
- file. You can send the output to a printer or a disk file by
- including the MS-DOS redirection character ()) followed by a
- printer name or filename at the end of the command.
-
- /N Lets you run TS if your machine is not fully IBM-compatible.
- If you use this switch, you might first need to enable
- ANSI.SYS in the CONFIG.SYS file and then restart your
- computer.
-
- /S Searches all files in all subdirectories under the current or
- specified path.
-
- /T Displays the names of only the files that contain (search-text) and
- the total number of these files in each directory.
-
- /WS In a WordStar input file, removes the high-order bit from all
- characters to restrict the search range of codes to 0 through 127.
- The default in versions 4.0 and 4.5 includes character codes 128
- through 255 in the search.
-
- Notes:
-
- In versions 4.0 and later, if you include no parameters, TS prompts you for
- (search-type) (file, entire disk, or erased area), for (filespec) if it is
- performing a file search, and for (search-text). In earlier versions, TS
- prompts you for (filespec) and for (search-text).
-
- If you include either the /D or the /E switch, TS asks you whether you want
- to collect clusters containing matching data and copy the clusters to an
- output file. The output file must be on a drive other than the one TS is
- searching.
-
- Use the data search feature in the NU (Norton Utility) command to scan for
- characters you cannot enter on the keyboard.
-
- Example: To search for all occurrences of ``word processing'' in all
- files with the TXT extension in all directories in drive C.
-
- Enter: TS c:\.txt "word processing" /S
-
- See <NUNU>.
-