TEXTools   
http://www.fireflysoftware.com

While the other guys are still declaring variables, get the job done with TEXTools -- the powerful, pipe-based text processing workbench for Windows that allows you to morph text into other forms by simply combining filters. Do things to text like you've never done before with a minimal number of lines of code. Easier to develop, maintain and debug than traditional code, pipes are the ultimate solution to those everyday text editing problems. TEXTools' streamlined user interface seamlessly integrates 69 text translation filters, giving you the power to easily accomplish the most challenging editing tasks. Search and replace text in web pages, convert between CSV, comma-delimited, tab-delimited and fixed-width files, extract logfile data, manipulate XML data, convert between PC, Mac and Unix text files, edit mailing lists, extract email addresses, maintain lists of keywords, format source code, automate interactive processes -- all this and more by simply combining filters! Filters can do things like change text case, sort lines, remove duplicates, output unique lines, truncate lines, pad lines to a given width, trim spaces from lines, justify text, add or remove lines or columns, reorder columns, join or split lines, perform base conversions, total columns of numbers, perform math operations on numeric data, count lines, add line numbers, etc. You can even extend TEXTools by creating your own user-defined filters (UDFs) from 32-bit console executables, VBScripts, JScripts and by combining other TEXTools filters! Filters fully support regular expressions and they can either operate on the entire input text or be limited to just isolated blocks of text. TEXTools can be invoked from batch files using TEXTools Command Line (TCL), or automated from languages such as VBScript, JScript, Perl, Python, Visual Basic, Delphi, C++, etc. Why write code to process text when you can "pipe" it?

Harddisk Search and Stats   
http://www.freebyte.com

Harddisk Search & Stats is a very powerful Search Engine for your harddisk which is free for commercial and non-commercial use. It enables you to conveniently search large numbers of text/ascii-based files simultaneously (such as: .txt, .html, .ini, .php, .mbx, .pas, .bas, .c, .cpp files). Harddisk Search & Stats is ideal for those who are handling text files, such as programmers, web developers, computer professionals, system managers and other demanding users. An advantage of Harddisk Search & Stats is that - unlike most other search engines - it does perform any time-consuming indexing of your harddisk. It can directly search text-based files in all levels of a folder (recursive), or just one level, or your entire harddisk. Harddisk Search & Stats Search can search inside files, and search for files (using the file name) or combine both methods. When searching inside files, you can specify as many search terms you want, and there is no limit to the number of file types you can add for searching. For each search-term entered, the program will display an additional column in the search results. More features: search files according to file type, search files according to filename, search using wildcards, search files according to file date, search files according to file size, sort and reverse-sort the search-result list according to: file location, file name, file type, file size, file date, occurrence of each search term; import file types from a folder, view/search individual files with the internal or an external viewer, zero-installation, easy uninstallation, Harddisk Search and Stats does not write anything into the registry, and it runs directly from CD-Rom, floppy or USB disk.

Document Finder   
http://www.getpdf.com

Document Finder enables you to easily and quickly find the information you want through all PDF files on your hard disk by performing speedy full-text search. In addition to offering full-text search in Adobe PDF (.PDF), Microsoft Word document (.DOC), Rich Text Format document (.RTF) and plain text file (.TXT), Microsoft PowerPoint (.PPT), Microsoft Excel (.XLS), Web pages (.HTM, .HTML), Document Finder searches in virtually all compressed archives including ZIP, RAR, CAB, LZH, JAR, TAR, ARJ, ARC, ACE, SFX. Document Finder features powerful filters on file date, file size, file attribute, file type etc. Options such as search in subfolders, case-sensitivity, fuzzy search, regular expression are offered. Document Finder impresses people with its speed. Usually, a full-text search in 10,000 documents files takes less than 4 minutes, which is extremely speedy compared to its competitors. As professional software for desktops and servers and local search engine to find and locate information in PDF, DOC, XLS, PPT, HTM, RTF and TXT files, Document Finder reduces the time and cost of PC users who handle a growing number of business documents daily, and gives businesses the means to effectively find the wanted information in existing business documents.

Data Extractor   
http://www.iconico.com

Do you have a group of files that contains important data that you can't get to? Using Data Extractor you can simply extract any information from any files on your computer or from webpages. Simply extract email addresses or URLs, or extract your own information using advanced searching techniques. - Easily extract Email addresses or URLS from text files - Extract whatever you want from webpages with our NEW scriptable rules - Search multiple files and directories - Export results directly to Microsoft Excel - Use fuzzy matching to find information when you're unsure of exact data - Specify wildcards or use advanced regular expressions to match any pattern - Copy, Save and Print at the touch of a button - Use the trial version for an unlimited time Data Extractor runs on all Windows systems: 95/98/NT/2000/Me/XP, after downloading unzip the file and double click the DataExtractor.exe file to install. You may download the feature limited trial, and evaluate the Data Extractor for as long as you need to. We offer a risk free 30 day money back guarantee.

LinxExplorer   
http://www.linxexplorer.com

LinxExplorer is a link validation tool that enables you to check and validate web sites and local HTML files to find broken links. It checks internal and optionally external links relative to the starting URL and presents the results in real-time. The results can be filtered and exported to HTML or text format. Report can be displayed in the integrated text viewer or external program associated with text or HTML files. You can open and edit multiple local HTML and text files. LinxExplorer logs and displays all protocol specific data exchanged with Web server. Program has built-in color text and image viewer. You can examine downloaded images, ASCII text and HTML files. LinxExplorer supports several Internet protocols: HTTP, HTTPS and FTP. In addition, It supports following proxies: SOCKS4, SOCKS5, HTTP and HTTP tunneling (HTTP CONNECT). Program operates under Microsoft Windows 95/98/Me/NT4.0/2000/XP/2003. Its interface is very easy to use and has multi-document style. You can create many validation and transfer tasks and easily switch between them. While program processes task, it displays checked link tree and link processing statistic. Integrated transfer manager enables to download any file from the Web. Orphan files detection is supported on checking local HTML files and folders.