I did that, and included the "bin" folder in my PATH. Now I get "search failed with status 0: xargs: grep: no such file or directory" which my Google search suggests may have something to do with having filenames with embedded blanks?? John
On Tue, Nov 21, 2023 at 11:31 PM Eli Zaretskii <e...@gnu.org> wrote: > > From: JF <alpha...@gmail.com> > > Date: Tue, 21 Nov 2023 17:51:35 -0400 > > > > Using GNU Emacs 29.1 (newly installed) on Windows 10 Pro > > Trying dired mode for the first time and marked several files, then hit > "Q" for regexp query search and > > replace. I specify the search and replace strings, hit Enter, and it > says "Searching ..." and then: > > xref-matches-in-files: Search failed with status 1: 'xargs' is not > recognized as an internal or > > external command, > > from which I infer there's a path to some xargs analog that's part of > the install but it can't find??? > > You need to install GNU Findutils. These programs don't come with > Windows out of the box. > >
