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    Search Monkey

    A file and contents finder for Linux, Mac, Windows

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    What is Search Monkey?

    A fast real-time search engine for displaying regular expression matches (both file name and content) across multiple directories.

    Written in JAVA it is highly portable, and as well as running on Linux (Gnome & KDE), ports are available on FreeBSD, or even Windows and MacOS.
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    • Top positive comment  over 1 year ago • 0 replies
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    Very nice as a grep tool. But for anything static an index search is a must.

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    bawldiggle
    Comment • over 1 year ago • 0 replies
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    Search Monkey has moved to Sourceforge - Search Monkey

    Requires JAVA , I will not be testing it in Windows.

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    syanzy
    Comment • over 9 years ago • 1 reply
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    1. Can SearchMonkey search for contents in a shared drive?
    2. How does SearchMonkey handle the permissions?
    3. Can SearchMonkey search through my emails?
    4. Can SearchMonkey search through my web browser history?
    5. How about a google-like web search?
    bawldiggle

    Lookeen ... personal use USD $50.00 per seat
    Hardly a free alternative

    Reply written over 2 years ago

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    gzp
    Comment • almost 12 years ago • 0 replies
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    stop advertising that damn lookeen on like every similar app

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    Windows: ports available for Windows

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    Our users have written 4 comments and reviews about Search Monkey, and it has gotten 30 likes

    • Developed by Cottrela
    • Open Source and Free product.
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    Search Monkey was added to AlternativeTo by drad on May 4, 2009 and this page was last updated Apr 27, 2021.

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