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:
The text to look for. The interpretation of the string depends on some of the options described below.
If enabled, the search will be case sensitive.
If checked, the search string will be interpreted as a regular expression.
See Regular Expressions for more on these.
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.
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).
If checked, the dialog window showing the search errors will not be displayed at the end of the search.
The folder to search for files.
If checked, the search will also recurse in the subfolders of the specified folder.
You can use the button to start the search and the button to interrupt a running search.
The 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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