searching in text editors

[xylar]

i often find i need to search for words in my projects. i normally use pspad for the editing, but i find dreamweaver is much quicker to search through all the files. i have just moved jobs and the ide we use is zend, but the search speed is not very good.

are there any good free text editors that can search folders/projects at a fast speed?

thanks

[smadeira]

If I am looking for things in a file I tend to use the linux command line tools (grep, find, etc.) and then open the files in Zend. For an editor I use UltraEdit but haven't tried to search multiple files to see what its search speed is like. It isn't free but it is cheap.

If you are on a windows platform you can get a freeware package of linux commands that will make your command prompt feel like you are on a real operating system.

[bob_d]

Agent Ransack, since you said free.
http://www.mythicsoft.com/agentransack/

[logic_earth]

Not free but so very useful for so many things
http://www.regexbuddy.com/

[Sharepointengine]

Tex Pad software it's really helpful to you....

[Mooze]

Notepad++, a free GNU editor. Love it.