Search for Text in File without relying on Spotlight Index

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There have been a number of users wondering how to search the text of a file (OCR'd documents, unusual extensions) whose metadata is not recorded in Spotlight.

Here is the 1-Step solution:

Step 1: Add Returns shell script condition to rule.

Code: Select all
exit $([ $(grep -ci "the text that you want to find" "$1") -gt 0 ])


This script will match a file (i.e. return 0) when text you want to find is found at least once within the text of the file being matched.

EDIT - enclosed $1 in quotes to prevent unescaped path errors.
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