Searching for URL 'target in .doc/.odt files

[Allen Edwards]

Is there any way, using File Explorer (or any third-party software) to search multiple SWRiter documents for the 'target' text of an embedded URL?

I have several thousand .doc files with Author URLs, where the Author name is in the URL 'text' and that author's web or email address in the 'target' text. I am trying to group these files by web address location. For instance, with 'www.AuthorGroup.com/authorname', I'd like to move all files with an author in 'AuthorGroup' to a directory called, duh, 'AuthorGroup'.

Can this be done without going through several thousand files one at a time in OO?

I am NOT a PowerShell user, so if that is the suggestion, could someone supply a PowerShell script with their answer?

Thanks to anyone who can help.

[probe1]

Welcome to the community forum.

search multiple SWRiter documents [...]
I have several thousand .doc files
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Can this be done without going through several thousand files one at a time in OO?

So, what is it? StarWriter or Word documents?

Any extraction needed to open every file to get the data.

This is not a job for OpenOffice.
I recommend a script language like Python to handle the task.

And no: nobody here will write you a PowerShell (or anything other) script *for free*. We are here to help someone with questions/problems regarding OpenOffice software usage.
Get a freelancer from some job site to do the work for you.

[Allen Edwards]

StarWriter, but ...

You are correct. This was the wrong place to ask that question.

[RoryOF]

The macro at this location
http://www.experts-exchange.com/Softwar ... 74214.html
may need conversion to work on Writer rather than Calc, but it should get you started.