File Name - defines File(s) Name(s) to search.
It's possible to specify the "File Name" in two Modes: "Simple" (Text) and "Wildcards" (Mask).
Mode: "Simple" (Text)
In "Simple Text" Mode simply type the Name or part of the file name to search for.
If the name is composed of several words you can use the characters:
' ' (space), '*' (asterisk) and '?' (question mark) to separate the words.
In this mode will find File Names that contain the specified word(s) in any order.
(e.g. 'Word1 Word2' find 'Word1 Word2' and 'Word2 Word1' and 'Word0 Word2 Word1' and so on)
The File Name may consist of several "Simple Texts".
To specify several "Simple Texts" separate the Texts with any of the following characters:
'\' (backslash), '/' (slash), ':' (colon), '"' (quotation mark), '<' (less-than), '>' (greater-than), '|' (pipe)
(e.g. 'SimpleText1:SimpleText2"SimpleTextN' or 'SimpleText1:SimpleText2|SimpleText3|SimpleTextN')
Mode: "Wildcards" (Mask)
Filename wildcards (* and ?) can be used to specify Files to be searched.
'*' (asterisk) – corresponds to any group of characters in the Filename
(e.g. '*.txt' find all files that have .txt extension)
'?' (question mark) – corresponds to any character in the Filename
(e.g. 'Name?.txt' find 'Name1.txt' and 'Name2.txt' and 'NameN.txt' etc.)
Various combinations of wildcards can be used (e.g. 'Name??.*' or '*.tx?')
A "Wildcards Mask" may consist of several words and wildcards.
(e.g. 'Word1 Word2.*' or 'Word1?Word2.d*' or 'Word1?Word2*Word3.t??')
The File Name may consist of several "Wildcards Mask".
To specify several "Wildcards Mask" separate the Mask with any of the following characters:
'\' (backslash), '/' (slash), ':' (colon), '"' (quotation mark), '<' (less-than), '>' (greater-than), '|' (pipe)
(e.g. 'WildcardsMask1:WildcardsMask2"WildcardsMaskN' or 'WildcardsMask1|WildcardsMask2')
Note: The characters used to separate "Simple Texts" and "Wildcards Mask" are those invalid for the
File Names, except '*' and '?' used by "Wildcards Mask"
Search Path - defines Folder or Drive where to search Files.
To specify multiple Drives and/or Folders separate them with the Character: '|' (pipe)
(e.g. 'Folder1|Folder2|FolderN' or 'Drive1|Drive2|DriveN' or 'Drive1|Folder1|DriveN|FolderN')
The Search Path supports single or multiple "Environment Variables"
(e.g. %APPDATA% or %APPDATA%|%PATH% or %WINDIR%|%PROGRAMFILES%|%PATH%)
Search Text - defines Word(s) and/or Phrase(s) to search.
It's possible to specify the "Search Text" in two Modes: "Words" (Text) and "Phrases" (Text).
Mode: "Words" (Text)
To search for more than one word is enough to separate words by a space.
Mode: "Phrases" (Text)
To search for more than one Phrase and/or Word separate them with the Character: '|' (pipe)
Checks:
"Match Any" if at least one of the Words (or Phrases) must be present in the file.
"Match All" if all the Words (or Phrases) must be present in the file.
"Whole Words" (or "Whole Phrases") to search for whole Words (or Phrases).
"Case Sensitive" to search the Words considering the distinction between uppercase and lowercase.
"Without" to search for files that do not contain the words or phrase you typed.
File Formats Supported.
This utility find text in Plain Text Files (e.g. TXT, RTF, HTML, LOG, .CSV etc.) and
also in binary Files (e.g. EXE, DLL, OBJ, XLS, DOC etc.) looking for in their raw format.
Currently it does not find the text in Documents, if the text is encoded, this feature will be available
in the shareware version of Ultra File Search.
Attributes
| Letter | Attribute | Letter | Attribute | Letter | Attribute |
| R | Read Only | H | Hidden | S | System |
| D | Directory | A | Archive | W | Device |
| N | Normal | T | Temporary | F | Sparse File |
| P | Reparse Point | C | Compressed | O | OffLine |
| I | Not Indexed | E | Encrypted | V | Virtual |
Rows Text Colors
| Attributes | Text Color | Attributes | Text Color |
| System | Red | System + Hidden | Fuchsia |
| Compressed | Blue | Compressed + Hidden | Teal |
| Hidden | Gray | System + Compressed + Hidden | Purple |
| In all other cases | Black |