Richard Owlett wrote: ... > I suspect what I want would most likely be what I'm looking for. > "ls" can search by extension and stay in specified directory. > It cannot include/exclude keywords. > > My immediate problem involves only a couple dozen files so manual search > is feasible. > > Suggestions?
use and indexing system for text files. use find for file names. there are already existing indexing/lookup systems out there but i'm not looking for them... that's your homework. ;) songbird
