seach word file by contents

lightoverhead has asked for the wisdom of the Perl Monks concerning the following question:

Dear Monks,

Is there a package for searching a MS WORD file by its contents quickly(hope so)? e.g. using key words/phrases to search the whole file system of a hard disk for the .doc files with "this is word file" (not the file name) Thanks.

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Re: seach word file by contents by Bloodnok (Vicar) on Aug 14, 2009 at 12:13 UTC
You could do worse than put Win32::OLE to use, emulating what you'd do as an interactive user... A user level that continues to overstate my experience :-))	[reply]
Re^2: seach word file by contents by Anonymous Monk on Aug 14, 2009 at 12:21 UTC
Nice way to free up both hands! :p	[reply]
Re: seach word file by contents by leocharre (Priest) on Aug 14, 2009 at 15:38 UTC
Look for 'antiword' online. You will have to index the content, likely- this is not as simple as it sounds. But.. the first step is there; antiword	[reply]
Re: seach word file by contents by Anonymous Monk on Aug 14, 2009 at 10:11 UTC
google desktop	[reply]