Searching multiple files for multiple words

Question

I have to search trough a huge amount of  txt files  I know I can do multiple words search  but here s my problem  I want my results to only be the  txt files that contain all of the words of the search entry   For example   File 1   test1   File 2    test1  test2   Search files for test1 and test2 will only result in showing File 2   Hope someone can help me out  Thanks

User · Answer

If you are using Notepad   editor  like the tag of the question suggests   you can use the great  Find in Files  functionality   Go to Search  gt  Find in Files  Ctrl Shift F for the keyboard addicted  and enter    Find What    test1 test2  Filters     txt Directory   enter the path of the directory you want to search in  You can check Follow current doc  to have the path of the current file to be filled  Search mode   Regular Expression

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If you are using Notepad   editor Goto ctrl   F choose tab 3 find in files and enter    Find What   text1   text2 Filters     Search mode   Regular Expression Directory   enter the path of the directory you want to search in  You can check Follow current doc  to have the path of the current file to be filled

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