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wdusbank
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I'm looking to find any way to search all focexecs in a WF 7.6.1 domain for a text string.

Does anyone have any tips or techniques on how to complete this task?

WF 7.6.1/UNIX

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Posts: 29 | Location: Milwaukee, WI | Registered: September 10, 2008Report This Post
<JG>
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Yes, If you have OS access use the search tools on the platform.

Better, download to windows client and use Ultra edit search, Windows search sucks.
 
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Commando Dave
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Where's Waldo? Sorry couldn't resist but the old farts here got it. (IBI sold a product to do something like this for Y2K named WALDO)

My first reaction is to use windows exploder's "search" or even better ultra edit. The problem is that of course you will need to map a drive to - or - log onto the report server (directly or with virtual machine). I suspect that THAT is where you fall down.

It's a simple task if you can find a way to get the authorization or find someone who does.

If you do go this way, I assume you understand that fhe folder names you see in windows exploder will be the "real names" rather than the "nice names" you see in MRE. So, if you have a bunch of hits, it may be a bit of a pain tracking the "real focexec names" back to the "nice names".

Good Luck

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Francis Mariani
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I use my preferred text editor, EditPlus to search for a text string in a folder and its sub folders.

I also use Agent Ransack instead of Microsoft Windows's search facilities, Google 'Microsoft Agent Ransack' to see why.


Francis


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GinnyJakes
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Since you are Unix:

find . -name "*.fex" -exec grep -ile string {} \;


Of course, you can pipe the results to a file. This works great and I use it all the time.

Since you are searching MRE, make sure you are in the basedir directory when you do this command.


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Waz
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I use Edit+ as well, for 10 Years, I posts syntax highlighting files on there website in 1999. Winky

What is the type of test you are looking for ?

Can you use the Impact analysis functions.

You can look for Masters used, FEX's called etc.


Waz...

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BJK
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Hi Waz, Just saw this post. I am trying to create a batch file to automatically connect and login to webfocus using telnet and run the find command to locate any string. My problem is I can't seem to get past the password it pops up for me to enter. Is there a way so that doesn't come up for me to prompt

thanks
brian


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