Content searching in binary files
Content searching in binary files
I have some files that actually contain plain text, but I had to rename their extensions from .txt to .exe for specific reasons. Now I want to search within the content of these files, but content search doesn't work because of the .exe extension. Is there a way to enable content search for files with a custom extension?
Re: Content searching in binary files
Are you indexing content?
-If so, you will only be able to search the indexed content. (can be done with the from-disk: modifier)
Everything should perform a binary search on the exe file to find your text by default.
Everything 1.5 has a text-plain-content: search function.
text-plain-content: will treat the content as text/plain.
For example:
*.exe text-plain-content:"foo bar"
-If so, you will only be able to search the indexed content. (can be done with the from-disk: modifier)
Everything should perform a binary search on the exe file to find your text by default.
Everything 1.5 has a text-plain-content: search function.
text-plain-content: will treat the content as text/plain.
For example:
*.exe text-plain-content:"foo bar"
Re: Content searching in binary files
thanks text-plain-content works.void wrote: Wed Apr 16, 2025 12:33 am Are you indexing content?
-If so, you will only be able to search the indexed content.
Everything should perform a binary search on the exe file to find your text by default.
Everything 1.5 has a text-plain-content: search function.
text-plain-content: will treat the content as text/plain.
For example:
*.exe text-plain-content:"foo bar"