gedit-file-search

Gedit plugin to search a text in all files in a directory

Download & Installation

download Gedit File Search Plugin 1.2
unpack the file
copy the contents of the gedit-file-search folder to ~/.local/share/gedit/plugins/
start Gedit, go to Edit -> Preferences -> Plugins, and enable "File Search"

Use Search -> Find in files, or right-click in a document and select Search files... to open the search dialog.

Note: this plugin only works on Gedit 3. For Gedit 2 support, use version 0.6.

Do you like the plugin? Do you hate it? What's good? What's bad? Do you have suggestions for improvement?

You can download the latest source in either zip or tar formats.

Or you can clone the project with Git by running:

$ git clone git://github.com/oliver/gedit-file-search