The Find in Files Panel
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The Find in Files Panel

The Find in Files panel in Kate allows you to search for text in multiple files at once.

Results of the search will be displayed in the list at the bottom of the panel, while search errors will be displayed in a separate dialog.

The panel offers the following options:

Pattern

The text to look for. The interpretation of the string depends on some of the options described below.

Case sensitive

If enabled, the search will be case sensitive.

Regular expression

If checked, the search string will be interpreted as a regular expression.

See Regular Expressions for more on these.

Template (edit field and dropbox)

Here you can specify an additional context string to be used as a wrapper around the search pattern. Some default templates are available through the dropbox on the right of the template edit field.

Files

The file name pattern used to select which files to search. It is possible to specify multiple patterns by separating them with commas (for example *.h, *.cpp).

Hide errors

If checked, the dialog window showing the search errors will not be displayed at the end of the search.

Folder

The folder to search for files.

Recursive

If checked, the search will also recurse in the subfolders of the specified folder.

You can use the Find button to start the search and the Cancel button to interrupt a running search.

The Clear button can be used to clear the search list at the bottom of the panel.

The default location of the Find in Files panel in Kate is at the bottom, below the editing area.

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