Installation guide

File Management Operations
• To search for text within files, type the text in the Find files containing
text field. For example, search for
plot. A lternative ly, you can select
text in the Command Window or Editor/Debugger and that text appears
in the Find files co ntaining text field.
Under More options,usetheSearch type to specify Matches wh ole
word, or specify a partial match by selecting Contains text.
• To search for text in specified filenames only, type entries in both fields.
Use the Clear Text button to clear the entries in both fields.
Click the down arrow next to each field to select previous entries from the
current MATLAB session.
3 You can restrict the types of files to search by selecting an option in Include
only file type(s). For example, select
*.m to limit the search to M-files o nly.
With All files (*) selected, use Skip file types (under More options)to
ignore files of the specified type. For details, see “Skip File Types in Find
Files” on page 5-52.
4 From the Look in list box, select the directories to search in. Select the
MATLAB current directory or MATLAB search path, or use the
Browse
option to select another directory. You can instead type the full pathname
for one or more directories into this field, with each pathname separated by
a semicolon (
;). To include subdirectories in the search, select the Include
subdirectories check box.
5 Use additional entries under More options to further restrict the search:
• Skip files over the specified size to ignore large files that might take
a long time to search through. This option is only available when you
are searching for text within files.
• Match case when lower or upper case is relevant.
6 To execute the search, click Find.Whilethesearchisinprogress,theFind
button label changes to Stop Find. To abort a search, click Stop Find.
SearchresultsappearinthepaneontherightsideoftheFind Files
dialog box, with a summary of the results at the bottom of the pane. For
text searches, the line number and line of code are shown. To s ee the full
pathnames for the files, select the Show full pathnames check box.
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