Subject: Re: tools for searching many files
To: Travis Hassloch x231 <travis@evtech.com>
From: Simon Burge <simonb@telstra.com.au>
List: current-users
Date: 09/12/1996 10:35:13
On Wed, 11 Sep 1996 14:42:32 -0500  Travis Hassloch x231 wrote:

> I've heard of the lycos indexing tool (no longer freeware),
> can anyone tell me any others?
> 
> I'm looking for something to search many many files that
> span several directories.  Regexps would be nice but are
> not necessary; word-tables would be better than nothing.

I'm playing around with glimpse at the moment, and plan on
looking at swish as well.  Look at:

	http://glimpse.cs.arizona.edu/
	http://www.eit.com/software/swish/

Simon.
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