Search Files

jrglasgow - March 29, 2008 - 01:55
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Search Files allows searching through the text of PDF, MS Word, plain text, and other types of files in given directories of the server, these files need not be attached to nodes.

Helper Apps

In order to extract the text from attached files, this module calls 'helper apps' such as cat and pdftotext. Drupal administrators can configure any helpers they like. Helper apps need to be installed on the server and need to be setup to print to stdout. Most Linux distributions have the following helper apps available.

  • cat - generic text (txt) files
  • pdftotext - Adobe Acrobat (pdf) Documents
  • catdoc - Microsoft Word (doc) Documents
  • xls2csv - Microsoft Excel (xls) files
  • catppt - Microsoft Power Point (ppt) files
  • unrtf - Rich Text Format (rtf) files

2009-01-12

The 6.x-2.x-dev has made some major headway and is ready for testing by the community. This version combines Search Files with Search Attachments. Give it a shot!

Version 2 of this module has been sponsored by: Actual Size Creative.

Releases

Official releasesDateSizeLinksStatus
6.x-2.0-beta12009-Apr-2215.98 KBSupported for 6.xThis release is supported but is not currently the recommended release for 6.x.
6.x-1.62008-Jun-2013.49 KBRecommended for 6.xThis is currently the recommended release for 6.x.
5.x-1.22009-Jan-1013.41 KBRecommended for 5.xThis is currently the recommended release for 5.x.
Development snapshotsDateSizeLinksStatus
6.x-2.x-dev2009-Jul-0216.96 KBDevelopment snapshotDevelopment snapshots are automatically regenerated and their contents can frequently change, so they are not recommended for production use.


 
 

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