PSPad is a great text editor and search tool, so by default, it’s a great audit tool, and it’s free. It can also handle a million lines of text–literally. Are you interested yet? It is also a great file diff/compare tool I’ve ever seen.
PSPad works with text files, such as those ending in TXT or CSV, or any text-based file (like an ini file). It works with DOC files too.
I’ll explain how to do the following with PSPad:
- Search a file (find all lines containing X)
- List all occurrences/matches of a search term
- Export a list of occurrences
- Compare 2 documents (diff)
- Download & install PSPad
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In Top 100 Network Security Tools and Easy Windows Scanner, I described a few Windows tools that every auditor or security analyst should know or know about. In this post, I highlight some of my other favorite Windows tools (both security and general utility software). ALL OF THEM ARE FREE.
12/26/14 Update: These are STILL my favorite programs. The only one I don’t use anymore is CutePDF Writer, which I replaced with the FREE Sumntra PDF Foxit Reader (I no longer recommend FOXit). But if you only want a PDF printer, CutePDF is still a great solution.
I also added 2 new tools: PSPad and File Splitter (see my links at the bottom).
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