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| <h1>Searching for text within a file</h1> |
| <p>The <b>Go To</b> selection in the pop-up menu for one of the navigation views allows you to quickly find a |
| resource in the Workbench by searching resource <i>names</i>.</p> |
| <p>You can also do contextual searches for information that is contained <i>inside</i> files in the Workbench. To |
| find all files that contain a particular string of characters:</p> |
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| <li>On the main toolbar, click the <a class="command-link" href= |
| 'javascript:executeCommand("org.eclipse.search.ui.openSearchDialog")'><img src= |
| "PLUGINS_ROOT/org.eclipse.help/command_link.svg" alt="command link"> <b>Search</b></a> button <img src= |
| "../images/search.svg" alt="search icon" border="0">.</li> |
| <li>Go to <b>File Search</b> tab.</li> |
| <li>Type your search string in the <b>Containing Text</b> field, or use the pull-down list to select a previously |
| entered search expression.<br> |
| Use <code>\</code> as an escape character for search strings that contain the special characters <code>*</code>, |
| <code>?</code>, or <code>\</code>, (for example: <code>d:\\directory\\filename.ext</code>).</li> |
| <li>Finish entering your search options, (for example, to scope the search to specified file types), and click |
| <b>Search</b>.</li> |
| <li>The Search view displays the results of your search. Right-click on any item in the Search view to open a |
| pop-up menu that allows you to remove items from the list, copy search results to the clipboard, or rerun the |
| search. To open one of the listed files, double-click it or select <b>Open</b> from its pop-up menu.</li> |
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| <p>If you close the Search view, you can return to it later by selecting <a class="command-link" href= |
| 'javascript:executeCommand("org.eclipse.ui.views.showView(org.eclipse.ui.views.showView.viewId=org.eclipse.search.ui.views.SearchView)")'> |
| <img src="PLUGINS_ROOT/org.eclipse.help/command_link.svg" alt="command link"> <b>Window > Show View > Other... |
| > General > Search</b></a>.</p> |
| <p>As an alternative to using the Search Dialog and Search View you can also use the <a href= |
| "../gettingStarted/qs-36c.htm">Quick Text Search</a> dialog. The Quicksearch Dialog is especially suited to jump |
| around the workspace quickly using textual matches.</p> |
| <h3 class="related">Related concepts</h3><a href="../concepts/csearchview.htm">Search view</a> |
| <h3 class="related">Related tasks</h3><a href="../tasks/tasks-84b.htm">Searching for files</a> |
| <h3 class="related">Related reference</h3><a href="../reference/ref-26.htm">Search view</a><br> |
| <a href="../reference/ref-45.htm">File search</a> |
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