This small tool is intended to search text in multiple files. Search results are not only file name, line and column numbers, but additionally the whole line from file.

Click on search result loads whole file into edit control with highlight of found text. Text could be edited and saved right there.

This tool understands both cp1251 and utf-8 text encodings and both CRLF and LF line endings.

Initial path where program begin to work can be set in different ways:

• It supports command line argument
• Folder can be drag'n'dropped into main window
• From Explorer folder could be "SendTo" to "Search in files" (Program automatically creates shortcut in SendTo folder)

It works on Windows platform (XP, Vista, 7). Also it should work on Windows 2000, Windows 8, Windows 10, but such cases have not been tested yet.

This tool is written in C programming language with no "bold" framework (MFC, .NET, ...) involved. Raw WinAPI only. Due to this it has small size, it has no complex dependencies and thus it can work without any installation procedures (other than simple exe-file copy).

No administrative priviledges are required.

Alternatively it could be installed by means of Chocolatey package manager as a portable app.

• ENTER - start search
• ESC - close program
• UP and DOWN arrows navigate through search history backward and forward (when cursor is in "Search text" field)

To build search in files utility used free gcc compiler for windows. I use Mingw-w64 distro for 32-bit and 64-bit platforms (http://mingw-w64.sourceforge.net/). Path to its executables (bin subdirectory) should be added to system PATH environment variable after installation.

Compiler version used:

gcc.EXE (i686-posix-dwarf-rev1, Built by MinGW-W64 project) 6.2.0

gcc.EXE (x86_64-posix-seh-rev1, Built by MinGW-W64 project) 6.2.0

More direct links are - HERE i686 and HERE x86_64 or you can use their official installer.

To unpack downloaded file you may use free 7-zip archiver (http://7-zip.org).

Program can be built by jam build system:

FT Jam 2.5.2. OS=NT (http://www.freetype.org/jam/).

It's not necessary to use jam as a build system, but in case you will you should also add path to jam.exe to system PATH environment variable.

Alternatively, project could be built by means of CMake build system.

To build program you should run batch file build_all.bat in project root.

In case of using jam build system you should run jam in project root or just execute batch file 1.bat there which does exactly the same.