grepWin for Searching

I discovered that the Windows Search tool will not look inside files that end with dot sh, which are shell scripts. The tool grepWin is a good, free search tool, available here: http://code.google.com/p/grepwin/

The download with "64" in the name is for 64-bit machines. The other is for 32-bit machines. You end up down loading grepWin-1.5.6.msi and you double-click on it to install grepWin. It will appear in the list of programs that appear when you click on "All Programs."

If you Google winGrep, avoid going to http://tools.tortoisesvn.net/grepWin.html because website pushes another tool called "Free Download Manager." Go to the code.google website, it is a better way to get grepWin.

Grep is a Unix tool. If you are going to do programming on a Windows PC, you will want to have grepWin.

Robert

PS
I was using grepWin 1.5, but now I use grepWin 1.6 because when you right click on a file found by 1.6 you can open the file with Notepad++.  This is convenient feature and worth the time it takes to upgrade.