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- KWS Copyright (c) 1991-1993 Copy Con Incorporated
-
- Update History
-
- Date Version Release notes
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- 02/05/93 1.30 15% average speed increase over previous version.
-
- Binary files can now be searched for text phrases.
-
- The file offset position can optionally be displayed in
- place of line numbers.
-
- File offset or line numbers can be shown in hexadecimal.
-
- A window size can now be specified for searching groups of
- lines.
-
- Output can now be displayed onscreen and routed elsewhere at
- the same time.
-
- Control characters can now be removed from text files while
- viewing or routing.
-
- Typing 'C' at the [more] prompt will now display remaining
- files continuously, while pressing the Escape key now skips
- to the next file. Typing Ctrl-C or Ctrl-Break still exits.
-
- When KWS is run with no arguments, the DOS errorlevel is now
- set to 0 instead of 1.
-
- 01/29/93 1.21 40% average speed increase over previous version.
-
- Maximum input line length has been increased from 256 to
- 2048 characters.
-
- Zero-length files are now included in searches that display
- every line (such as when creating file lists).
-
- 01/22/93 1.20 Whole word, prefix, suffix, and logical 'NOT' searches can
- now be made on individual keywords; the /W (word/prefix/
- suffix search) and /N (logical 'NOT' search) options, both
- of which affected every keyword, have been removed.
-
- 'Fuzzy' searches can now be made on individual keywords; the
- /F ('fuzzy' search) option, which affected every keyword,
- now controls only the similarity percentage.
-
- Keywords can now be shown in bold type onscreen.
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- Filespecs to be searched can now be read from a file list.
-
- 12/04/92 1.14 The ability to display only the filenames of successful
- searches has been added, via the /M option.
-
- An option to echo the command line as the first line of
- output (/E) has been added.
-
- Prefix and suffix search ability has been added, via the /W
- option.
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- When using the /W option, words are now considered to be
- made up of alphanumeric characters, instead of just alpha.
-
- 05/01/92 1.13 Adjustable 'fuzzy' search option added.
-
- An option to stop searching after a specified number of
- matches (/M) has been added.
-
- The keyword separator character can now be changed with the
- /K option.
-
- The 'read from filter/pipe' switch has been changed to /R.
-
- When more than 10 keywords were in a search string, the 10th
- word was not being searched properly; fixed.
-
- 04/09/92 1.12 Added /F (filter/pipe mode) option.
-
- 02/27/92 1.11 Added /H (hidden files), /S (subdirectory search), and /W
- (whole word search) options.
-
- DOS errorlevels are now set for unsuccessful searches.
-
- Ctrl-Break will now exit even if DOS break is not set.
-
- When using the pause option, the top line would sometimes
- scroll off of a full screen when the program ended; fixed.
-
- Files not ending with a CR/LF would not display their last
- line correctly; fixed.
-
- 01/01/92 1.10 Keywords within a search string are now separated with
- semicolons, and at least one keyword from each search string
- must be present in a searched line for it to be printed.
-
- Added /C (case sensitive), /L (line number), /N (negative),
- /P (pause), and /T (totals) options.
-
- The full path and filename would be displayed whenever a
- specific file was searched (without wildcards); fixed.
-
- Invalid output would sometimes be produced when printing
- lines with quotes and percent signs; fixed.
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- 12/12/91 1.03 Filenames in a multiple file search are now displayed only
- if the search was successful for that file.
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- 11/14/91 1.02 Wildcards are now supported in the search filename.
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- Expanded limits to 10 search strings with 10 keywords each.
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- 11/08/91 1.01 Expanded limits to 8 search strings with 8 keywords each.
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- 11/05/91 1.00 Initial release.
-