EddyHawk's Info List
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TEXT FINDER
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-BM (Boyer-Moore)
 by: Morten Elling
 type: string finder in file(s)
 V1.2 [1994]
 adv:
  executable (COM) size is only 2,272b
  can exit after 1st match
  match/ignore case
  can search through Norton Guide/EBCDIC format
  fast text search
  accept pathname & wildcard
 note:
  uses Boyer-Moore algo
  part of Norton Guide Compiler package

-SCAN
 by: Jeff Owens/Owens Consulting
 year: 1996?
 type: string finder in file(s)
 adv:
  executable (EXE) size = 6,843b
  faster search than BM V1.2
  accept wildcard
  ignore case
 disadv:
  can't exit after 1st match (exit after displaying 1 page of matches)
  can't accept pathname
 note:
  uses ALIB V1.0
  part of ALIB V4.0
