NANY 2026 : Fast Filter Text

[anandcoral]

NANY 2026 Entry Information

Application Name	Fast Filter Text
Version	1.0
Short Description	Quickly filters text as you type
Supported OSes	WIN 10 +
Web Page	https://sites.google.com/view/fastfiltertext/home?authuser=1
Download Link	https://sites.google.com/view/fastfiltertext/download?authuser=1 Zip file password is "abc123" without quotes

Description
Quickly filters the lines of a text file, as you type, to show only the lines containing the text.
You can filter on different words and lines containing all of them will be shown, even if they are not sequentially.

I needed to quickly see the important lines in a log file or in changes text of an app. I built Fast Filter Text to help me quickly narrow down the lines I want to see.

Screenshots


GIF showing type search


Usage
Installation
To install, extract the zip file in a folder, say "Fast Filter Text", and run the FastFilterText.exe.

[kunkel321]

Pretty cool app!!  Thanks for sharing! 

[irkregent]

Very nice!  I can envision use cases where this will be very handy in my programming work.

[skwire]

Love utilities like this.  Nice!

[anandcoral]

Thanks kunkel321, irkregent and skwire.

I made it for myself as many times I needed to look at just interested lines in change.log, whats new text of other apps or error log of my own apps.
Fast Filter Text helps me to quickly check those lines without loading a full fledged text editor. Also the files remain unchanged.

[anandcoral]

Version 1.2 Dated 08 Jan 2026 released

  Drag and drop a text file in text area of the app to directly open and load its content.

[DeVamp]

Is there a limit to the size of file that can be opened?

[anandcoral]

Is there a limit to the size of file that can be opened?

No. It will read as much as memory can support.
Revert if you get any error.

[DeVamp]

I tried to open a file that is 163MB and it doesn't open it. the current file stays open.

[anandcoral]

I tried to open a file that is 163MB and it doesn't open it. the current file stays open.

Hmm.. never tried on such a big file.
Can you send me the file in zip to
aghappy at gmail

I will debug with this file and see what to fix here.

[anandcoral]

Thanks for bug report DeVamp.

I checked in a 80 mb file, and got the problem.
I fixed the logic now.

You can download ver. 2.0 from the website and check it on your big text file.
I will be happy to hear if it solved the problem.

[Frank23t]

NANY 2026 hot games Entry Information

Application Name	Fast Filter Text
Version	1.0
Short Description	Quickly filters text as you type
Supported OSes	WIN 10 +
Web Page	https://sites.google.com/view/fastfiltertext/home?authuser=1
Download Link	https://sites.google.com/view/fastfiltertext/download?authuser=1 Zip file password is "abc123" without quotes

Description
Quickly filters the lines of a text file, as you type, to show only the lines containing the text.
You can filter on different words and lines containing all of them will be shown, even if they are not sequentially.

I needed to quickly see the important lines in a log file or in changes text of an app. I built Fast Filter Text to help me quickly narrow down the lines I want to see.

Screenshots
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GIF showing type search
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Usage
Installation
To install, extract the zip file in a folder, say "Fast Filter Text", and run the FastFilterText.exe.

This looks like a very useful tool for quickly finding important information in large text files and logs. The real-time filtering feature seems simple and effective.

I have a question: does Fast Filter Text support case-sensitive searches or highlighting the matched words in the filtered results?