file.findInFile

Syntax file.findInFile (path, pattern)

Params path is a legal path name to the file in which you wish to search for the designated pattern.

pattern is a string of characters for which you wish to search in the file named in path.

Action Searches the file's data fork's contents for the string denoted by the parameter pattern.

Returns True if the pattern is in the file, false otherwise.

Examples file.findInFile ("C:\\Program Files\\Frontier\\sample.txt", Frontier)

   » true

file.findInFile ("System:System Folder:States", "Nevada")

   » true

file.findInFile ("System:System Folder:States", "Europe")

   » false

See Also file.findInFolder

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