Search folders that contain txt files that contains a specific word

[petermad]

2Fla$her

FileMask.wdx, maybe?

That works - nice little plugin - hard to find. Not on totalcmd.net and only reference I could find here is: viewtopic.php?p=322936#p322936

[Fla$her]

2petermad
Yes, for some reason the author didn't add TwinKey, TWinCmd, TCToolbar, Obex, FSE, FNUL, ClipCont and FileMask.
I've been using these plugins and tools for many years. I didn't think that experienced users here might not know about them. Fortunately, it's possible to take them from the Downloads page.

[NotNull]

Is there a way in total commander to search and display only folders that contain text files that contain a specific word?

Can't test at the moment, but the FileInDir plugin claims:

The FileInDir content plugin is a replacement of the legacy FileInDir plugin by olesio. It can be used to search for directories which contain specified files, and optionally with specified text content.
Furthermore, it can be used in the search dialog for a full text search.

Sounds like this should get the job done; worth a try ...

[petermad]

2Fla$her

I didn't think that experienced users here might not know about them

Of the more than 150 plugins and tools i have, I only have TConsole, FileX, TCmenu, TCToolbar and now FileMask from this author - and of these only two (Tconsole and FileX) has a dedicated page in this forum. VadiMGP really doesn't do much to promote his work.

[petermad]

2NotNull

Sounds like this should get the job done;

Yes, FileInDir can actually get the work done in one go. Notice that is does not include the base dir in the search. I don't know how comprehensive the search feature is, but it can find text in ANSI text files.

And as with FileMask the file type (and search word) has to be manually put in the fileindir.ini file (and TC restarted).

Sample entry for fileindir.ini:

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[txt_files]
IgnoreCase=1
SearchFile=*.txt
SearchContent=2023

[NotNull]

Yes, FileInDir can actually get the work done in one go.

Thank you for testing! That means there is another way to get this done (although I still like rockberto's creative solution much better )