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void Main() | |
{ | |
var searchWord = "TextToSearchFor"; | |
var searchPattern = "*.js"; | |
var sourceFolder = @"C:\_Dev\TFS\MyProject\Source\"; | |
var defaultProgram = @"C:\Program Files (x86)\Notepad++\notepad++.exe"; | |
List<string> allFiles = new List<string>(); | |
var fileCount = 0; | |
AddFileNamesToList(sourceFolder, allFiles, searchPattern); | |
$"Searching {allFiles.Count} Files With Pattern \"{searchPattern}\" For \"{searchWord}\"...".Dump(); | |
foreach (string fileName in allFiles) | |
{ | |
var dumpName = true; | |
var lineNum = 0; | |
foreach (var line in File.ReadLines(fileName)) | |
{ | |
lineNum++; | |
if(!line.Contains(searchWord)){ | |
continue; | |
} | |
if(dumpName){ | |
new Hyperlinq(() => { Process.Start(defaultProgram, fileName); }, fileName).Dump(); | |
dumpName = false; | |
fileCount++; | |
} | |
var trimmed = line.Trim(); | |
if (trimmed.Length > 150) | |
{ | |
trimmed = trimmed.Substring(0, 150); | |
} | |
($"{lineNum.ToString().PadLeft(4,'0')} - " + trimmed).Dump(); | |
} | |
if(!dumpName){ | |
"".Dump(); | |
} | |
} | |
$"{fileCount} Files found!".Dump(); | |
} | |
public static void AddFileNamesToList(string sourceDir, List<string> allFiles, string searchPattern) | |
{ | |
string[] fileEntries = Directory.GetFiles(sourceDir, searchPattern); | |
foreach (string fileName in fileEntries) | |
{ | |
allFiles.Add(fileName); | |
} | |
//Recursion | |
string[] subdirectoryEntries = Directory.GetDirectories(sourceDir); | |
foreach (string item in subdirectoryEntries) | |
{ | |
// Avoid "reparse points" | |
if ((File.GetAttributes(item) & FileAttributes.ReparsePoint) != FileAttributes.ReparsePoint) | |
{ | |
AddFileNamesToList(item, allFiles, searchPattern); | |
} | |
} | |
} |
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Here is some example output:

Clicking on the hyperlink will open up the file in Notepad++, assuming you have it installed.