>Hello everybody
>
>Dumb question, the brain is not functioning.
>
>I am looking for a routine that will search all files ( prg's and reports ) in a directory for a text string??
>
>I know that I have seen here it but I can't remember where and the terminology stated in the description.
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>I have been looking for a few days now & I can't find it
>any help will be appreciated

In 2.6 you can use filer. Otherwise, you can use Win9x's search utility. It lets you search for text in any folder.