csFind - Revision History

v1.0.0.0 - August, 2025

Dependencies

Assembly	Version
.NET Framework	4.0.30319

• Initial release of csFind utility.
  • This utility searches all files in the drive that contain a matching term
  • Results are logged and output to the console
  • This utility does not employ indexing
• Optional command line arguments:
  • Use --term <value> to specify a match term (text to search for inside files)
    • You can specify multiple terms using multiple --term arguments
  • Use --drive <value> to specify a drive term
  • Use --pattern <value> to specify a file search pattern term
  • Use --threads <value> to specify total thread count term
  • Use --percent <value> to specify the amount of terms that need to be discovered for a positive hit
  • Use --locate to enable file search mode (files will not be opened and parsed, only matched based on the given pattern)
  • Use --months <value> to specify the age of interest when using locate mode
    • Only files that have been modified within the last <value> months will be considered
• Multi-threading mode:
  • In the interest of time, up to 4 threads will be used during the search process.
  • This can be adjusted using the --threads <value> command line argument.
  • You don't want to go crazy with the thread count; in most cases throwing more threads at a problem does not make it better, e.g. using 50 threads may cause the process to finish slightly faster but will bring the client machine to its knees. 2 to 8 threads is adequate for most systems.

Multi-term search mode (similar to Grep)

  csFind --drive d: --pattern *.log --percent 0.95 --term Banking --term Authorize --term Transaction
  csFind --drive c:\temp --pattern *.log --percent 0.7 --threads 8 --term ssdeep --term warning --term combination --term result

Locate mode examples (similar to Windows Explorer file search):

  csFind --locate --drive d: --pattern app.config --threads 8
  csFind --locate --drive x:\temp --pattern debug*.log --threads 2
  csFind --locate --drive c: --pattern *guide.docx --threads 5 --months 24