finding non-html strings

[jedson303]

H:i --
I want to find a program that does more or less what grep does, but with non-html files (odt, doc etc.).
A command line approach (bash) would be fine, or I would even buy a program that would do this.
jay

 

[Condobloke]

G'day jedson303, and Welcome to Linux.org


LOOK HERE

Some may do what you want, some wont

The platforms (OS's) they are suitable for is shown below each ones description.

 

[JasKinasis]

A quick bit of duckduckgo-fu yielded this cross-platform java based solution called DocFetcher:
http://docfetcher.sourceforge.net/en/index.html

I haven't tried it and I'm not sure if it's available in any repos or anything. But it looks like it might be exactly what you are looking for!

 

[wizardfromoz]

Yes, DocFetcher was the first one listed at alternativeto.net that Brian linked to.

In the 90s, we used to have what were called "Text Retrieval" programs that could act as an umbrella over your system. Lawyers used them to pull together arguments they needed to sum up before a judge and jury.

I could make use of something like this, myself.

Thanks for the leads, folks, and thanks and welcome @jedson303

Chris Turner
wizardfromoz