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1993-10-13
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echo To search past PsL News files for a program or other text, enter:
echo FGREP "[text]" [filespec1] [filespec2]
echo
echo For example, to search all files for astronomy programs, you could enter:
echo FGREP "astronomy" *.*
echo
echo Or to look for shareware author Joe Smith, you would enter:
echo FGREP "Joe Smith" *.*
echo
echo To look for author Joe Smith for just 9/93, enter:
echo FGREP "joe smith" NEWS9309.*
echo
echo To search just the Windows files for an astronomy program:
echo FGREP "astronomy" *.W?
echo
echo To look through all files for a particular category for all months -
echo (for example: to search the Home and Business sections for "amortization"):
echo FGREP "amortization" *.HOM *.BIZ or even just: FGREP "amort" *.HOM *.BIZ
echo (The shorter the text, the more likely you are to find matches.)
echo
echo Type \VIEW FGREP.DOC for more info about using Chris Dunford's FGREP.
echo