Find html files that don't contain certain string

Question

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? Thanks

Okoth1 · Accepted Answer

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.

Jon Fritz · Answer

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

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