Find html files that don't contain certain string

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September 20, 2022
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I'm looking for a way to go through a folder with HTML files and list the files that are missing a certain string. Is there a way to do this with Dreamweaver 21.2 in Windows 10?

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Correct answer Okoth1

I went ahead and found a solution Visual Studio Code. There is an extension called "Reverse Search". Got the list.

Thanks for your replies anyway.

Okoth1AuthorCorrect answer

Inspiring

I went ahead and found a solution Visual Studio Code. There is an extension called "Reverse Search". Got the list.

Thanks for your replies anyway.

Nancy OShea

Community Expert

I'm RegEx challenged. Whenever possible, I use Advanced Find & Replace with tags and attributes. Will that work for you?

Nancy O'Shea— Product User & Community Expert

Okoth1Author

Inspiring

I'm all in for it, but how can I find the files that don't contain a string using the Advanced Find?

When I use in Advanced: Not Containing --> Text --> script src, as a result, I get every line that is in those 397 documents. Including the script lines.

Jon Fritz

Community Expert

Depending on what you're looking for a Regular Expression like the following may work...

^((?!the specific text here).)*$

1. Open the Find & Replace in Files window (Ctrl + Shift + F)
2. Click the Basic tab
3. Click the martini glass icon (Filter)
4. Check Use Regular Expression
5. In the Find In field, paste...
^((?!the specific text here).)*$
...and replace the bold part with the text you want to exclude
6. Make sure "Entire Current Local Site" is selected for the "In" field and leave [any tag] selected

7. Click Find All
8. In the Search Window that comes up, you will get a list of pages that don't include your text, double click them to open them from the list

[Moderator Note: Color added for clarity]

Okoth1Author

Inspiring

If I do exactly what you say and use the regular expression ^((?!<script src).)*$ I get Not Found in 397 documents.
I assume the question and exclamation marks are not bold (hard to see on my screen).

Jon Fritz

Community Expert

The search you give works perfectly here, same version of DW, same OS.

Did you check the box for Use Regular Expression (step 3-4 above)?

Without that checkmark in place, the search string doesn't run.

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