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FindList

Usage

FindList["file", "text"] gives a list of lines in the file that contain the specified string.
FindList["file", {" ", " ", ... }] gives a list of all lines that contain any of the specified strings.
FindList[{" ", ... }, ... ] gives a list of lines containing the specified strings in any of the  .
FindList[files, text, n] includes only the first n lines found.


Notes

FindList returns {} if it fails to find any record which contains the specified text.
• If FindList opens a file or pipe, it closes it again when it has finished.
• See notes for Find.
• See also: ReadList.
• New in Version 2.


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