Hurricane Search Features

Hurricane Search Feature Comparison

Hurricane Search is packed with many new and exciting features designed to enhance the way you work.

Hurricane Search Feature	Std.	Pro.
Multi-File search and replace
Automatic backup of replaced files
Cumulative Search Results
Save, Load, and Print Search Results
Export search results
CSV (comma separated values) Tab delimited XML Standard grep output
UNIX and DOS Text File Support
Limit searches to a desired number of matches
Configurable search types
Basic string matching DOS expressions Regular expressions
Integration with Windows Explorer
System tray icon available
Searches extremely large files (multi-megabyte+)
Extensive search criteria
Filter by date range Filter by file size Filter by file attributes Whole word Match / Ignore case Line start/end Find first match in file Search all subdirectories
Automatically searches for an open editor or IDE
Editor and IDE launching
Automatic synchronization with editors and IDEs
Enhanced replace features
\f - Form feed \r - Carriage return \t - Horizontal tab \\ - Literal backslash \cX - The control character ^X (e.g. \cA for ^A, \cB for ^B, etc)
Seamless integration with many IDEs and Editors
Borland Delphi (all versions) Codewright (all versions) MultiEdit (all versions) Microsoft Visual Studio (version 4+) Microsoft Visual Studio .NET (2003) Microsoft Visual C++ 6 Borland C++ 5 Borland C++ Builder (all versions) Borland JBuilder (versions 3, 5, 6) UltraEdit (all versions) TextPad 4 (all versions) CodeWarrior 7 SlickEdit (all versions) Hurricane Editor (all versions)
Improved quick preview window
Select and copy to clipboard Highlights all search matches in file Binary previewer No limits on number of lines
Extended regular expression syntax
. - Any character except newline ( ) ^ - Beginning of line $ - End of line * - Match zero of more occurrences + - Match one of more occurrences \| - OR \f - Form feed \r - Carriage return \t - Horizontal tab \v - Vertical tab \? - Literal question mark \. - Literal period \* - Literal asterisk \\ - Literal backslash \: - Literal colon \cX - The control character ^X (e.g. \cA for ^A, \cB for ^B, etc) \s - Any whitespace character (same as [ \t\n\r\f\v]) \S - Any non-whitespace character (same as [^ \t\n\r\f\v]) \w - Any alphabetic (word) character (same as [a-zA-Z0-9_]) \W - Any non-alphabetic (word) character (same as [^a-zA-Z0-9_]) \d - Any digit character (same as [0-9]) \D - Any non-digit character (same as [^0-9]) [] - Character ranges Grouping with (abc\|123) syntax
Extended DOS expression syntax
? - Any character except newline ( ) * - Match zero of more characters \f - Form feed \r - Carriage return \t - Horizontal tab \? - Literal question mark \* - Literal asterisk \\ - Literal backslash [] - Character ranges
Improved user interface
Mouse scroll wheel support Improved search tree enhanced matches list Consolidated search wizard Explorer-style directory selection Configurable display of search statistics Horizontal scrolling in the results window Pluggable file viewers for the results window Binary file hex display in the results window Pop-out menus for additional tasks Enhanced options dialog Tips of the Day Multiple Directories selection dialog ASCII character selection dialog Enhanced IDE and Editor configuration Most windows resizable Manageable history list for most inputs Extensive customization of Colors and Fonts Main window panes resizable and can be turned on/off
Configurable file mask groups
History management
Select multiple directories to search in
Search Microsoft Word files
Search Adobe PDF files
Search Binary files
Search Archive files
ZIP files Java JAR files
Ability to Exclude files and directories
Project support
Skipped file tracking
Delphi and C++ Builder Binary DFM searching