Nano is my text editor of choice on both the Linux and macOS platforms. How many times have you read my words saying, “open so-and-so configuration file in the nano editor, locate entry X and ...

That's what the Google-sphere and Microsoft would have you believe.<BR><BR>But on a Win 2008 R2 server, I've created a folder C temp with about 5 .txt test files. 2 of which have the word "dog" in it.

Microsoft has given an option in all their command-line utilities, Command Prompt, PowerShell, and Windows Terminal to send Command output to a text file. In this post, we will see how that’s done.

Whether the string to find inside of the text file is just a single word or a complicated pattern, PowerShell has the ability to find and replace just about anything. To demonstrate this ability, ...

It’s able to look at text inside documents, images, and file names. If you’re looking for a saved e-ticket for a gig, for example, you could search for the artist and venue name.

Grep is fast, powerful, and the workhouse of the command line. We’ll show you how to become a command-line wizard by using grep to quickly find text hidden in your files.

As an example, photographers may handle a massive number of image files, and writers may produce multiple text files. Using Windows' built-in search feature, you can filter file lists to meet ...

Depending on how big your file is, it might take a few minutes to fully convert the file. Once it’s done, you can hit Ctrl+F to search through the text.