Epub text search

[carriesn]

Hi. Wasnt sure if I should post here or in general macos-- but here goes.

I have many ePub files and I need to search them for specific text/text strings. Spotlight doesn't search inside epub files. I tried Alfred, but didnt see an option to search in epub files. Any suggestions or? Thanks!

 

[Slartibart]

You can use Calibre which offers search.
Or ou can do this from the terminal:

grep -s word-you-look-for /folder_with_ePubs/*

or

grep -s "my long search phrase" /folder_with_ePubs/*

will search all ePubs in the folder for a single word or a phrase and list them.