Code - How to “search in project”

Question

In most editors it's possible to perform a search within the open folder/project. How can this be achieved with Code in Juno, if at all possible?

Answer 1

I don't think the feature exists in Code yet. However, a simple workaround is:

1. Right-click the folder / project, select "Open in" > "Terminal"
2. Type in the command: grep -Ril "text to search for" .

That will list all the files containing that text. Some notes:

• . Means search from the current folder
• -R Searches recursively, not just files in the current folder
• -i Searches case-insensitively
• -l Prints just the file names, not showing the line of text it's in

Update: If you want to then open the files in Code, add `pwd` to the end, which will print out the full paths of the files. Then use the names like io.elementary.code filename to open it in Code.

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If you need to find files with a particular name, you can use the same method to open the folder in Terminal, then run the following command:

1. find . -name '*part of name*' -print

If "part of name" is for example "list", that will match files named "todo list.txt". You can also use the following flags:

• -type d To search for only directories (folders)
• -type f To search for only files