DizzyDiff v1.5.5

This is just a bug fixing version. I still don't know how I managed to mess my previously working code up... DizzyDiff version 1.4.4 used a wrong file handle when searching inside textfiles resulting into wrong results and prematurely ending searches. Download the new version by clicking here.

DizzyDiff v1.4.0

Normally I should be posting something about Abandonware right now but I am a bit bored to continue writing that post and I felt more like releasing this version. I mainly added lots of command line options so that you can customize the program by editing the batch script (for Windows users) or the shell script (for Linux users). For more information you should read the READ_ME.txt that is included in the archive. I also added DizzyDiff in Softpedia so you may rate it there. To download DizzyDiff click here.

DizzyDiff v1.3.0

One more version for DizzyDiff. It will now ask you what kind of search you want it to perform: Filenames only, filenames and ID3 tags, filenames and inside textfiles or everything. I also fixed some bugs. Click here to download the latest version.

DizzyDiff v1.2.0

I know I am posting quite often about DizzyDiff but I added ID3v1 support to this version so I think that it should be published. DizzyDiff will now by default search inside the ID3 tags (only version 1 is supported currently) of MP3 files as well. There are also some other minor changes. I tried to include the LuaJIT with this version but I cannot find the Windows binaries. The next version will hopefully include them along with support for ID3 tags version 2. If you happen to have the Windows binaries for LuaJIT then please email them to me. You can download DizzyDiff by clicking here.

DizzyDiff v1.1.0

I improved DizzyDiff by adding two more features:

1. It is now possible to search inside text files and not just in filenames.
2. DizzyDiff will show you 5 results per screen but it will internally hold the top 100 result. By typing m and pressing enter you will be able to see more results.

To download the latest version (for Linux and Windows) click here.

DizzyDiff Search Tool

I hope you liked Where because DizzyDiff is a much more powerful search tool. It searches your disks for files either with the filename you specify or with filenames similar to it! It's ideal for searching for songs that you don't remember the exact spelling of their name.

For example you may search for "Tear of de bark" and DizzyDiff will find "Fear of the Dark" as a 82.5% match. You may search for "your my tempation" but it will find "you're my temptation" as a 89.9% match as well.

This is the first version of the program but it works quite well for me. What I haven't tested is Unicode support. I've only tried searching for filenames in english.

To download DizzyDiff (for Windows and Linux) click here. Then unzip everything in a folder and run DizzyDiffWindows.bat or DizzyDiffLinux.sh. The Linux version uses the Nautilus file manager to open the directories that contain the files. Of course you can change that in the source code. You may also ask me to do it for you.

DizzyDiff is open source and it's written in Lua.

Here is sample session:
DizzyDiff Search Tool version 1.0.0 by Tritonio
http://inshame.blogspot.com
Use this program at your own risk. You may also share it,
with or without modifications, as long as you include this copyright
notice on all copies or portions of the program that you share.

Type the name (it hasn't to be the exact name) of the file you are looking for: in sane
From where should I start searching for it? (eg: /media/STORAGE/) Type the path: /media/TRITONIO/
Type the number of results that you want, or leave empty to show 5 results:

Please wait... /
Finished searching in 7466 files. I will show you the top 5 results:

1. 73.8% match with: is none
/media/TRITONIO/Utilities/eMule0.48a/webserver/is_none.gif

2. 68.6% match with: INSHAME
/media/TRITONIO/INSHAME

3. 64.7% match with: is banned
/media/TRITONIO/Utilities/eMule0.48a/webserver/is_banned.gif

4. 58.3% match with: is release
/media/TRITONIO/Utilities/eMule0.48a/webserver/is_release.gif

5. 57.8% match with: 2 Name
/media/TRITONIO/Games/GTA2/data/frontend/2_Name.tga

Press enter to exit or type a number and press enter to open a window with the specified result selected...