MaxFind 3.3 is a fast DOS command line text search. It searchs for up
to 15 words in parallel, allowing and/or/not logic. PC Magazine gave
version 1 a rave, 3.3 is twice as fast and has added search scopes.

The object of a search can be a single line (as in DOS FIND). It may
also be a set of lines or a block. The block can be defined variously
allowing searchs tailored for:
   E-mail, FAQs, BBS file lists, the Bible  ... 
Computer generated text often has regularities that MaxFind can use 
to identify blocks:
   1. A blank line
   2. A hanging outdent style paragraph
   3. A specific string (word).
For the above, add one of these three options:  p, po, pTEXT.

With one line batch files, you can have answers before most programs
have loaded! See examples below and in MaxFind.DOC

Other useful features:
  Fast 500k/second on a 386/40.
  Colorized hit keywords.
  Entering ' mf ' at the DOS prompt gives a help summary
  Piped input ( < ).
  @filelists (you can specify files to search in a list).
  Customize options with Environment variable.


Example batch files:

   1. mf -ps"^ bbs:" %1 %2 %3 %4 %5 %6  c:\Email.sav\*.*
       Searching saved E-mail using paragraph scope where the first 
       line of the messages start with " bbs:".

   2. mf -po  %1 %2 %3 %4 %5 %6 %7 %8  c:\filelist.bbs\*.*
       Paragraph scope hanging outdent (first line only in col. 1)
       Typical of BBS file lists.

   3. mf volume %1 %2 %3 %4  c:\info\floppy.cat | mf -psvolume %1 %2 %3 %4 
       Diskette cataloging, where "dir a: >>floppy.cat" produces the
       catalog using diskettes with labels (internal matches external).
       The search indicates the diskette volume containing the file(s).

   4. mf -ps"^ BBS:"  !forsale-   msgs.old  >msgs.new
       For saved E-mail, purge messages from forsale conferences.

   5. mf -ps\31 %1 %2 %3 %4 %5 %6 %7 c:\bible\*.*
       Search bible verses
              
Paragraph option:
  -p       Specify paragraph option, where paragraphs are seperated by a
           blank line.
  -po[n]   Another paragraph option, this time the paragraph is defined
           as "outdented" or "hanging indent". If a number is not 
           specified, the paragraph starts with text in column 1 and
           the rest of the lines start with at least one space. If 
           the optional n is used, it specifies the column in in which 
           the first line should be nonblank.
  -psTEXT  The string (ps) option indicates that the first line of 
           the "paragraph" contains TEXT. The TEXT should be in quotes
           if it contains any blanks.