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+import os
+
+def search_email(directory, email):
+    if not os.path.isdir(directory):
+        print(f"Invalid directory: {directory}")
+        return
+    
+    print(f"Searching in directory: {directory}")
+    for root, dirs, files in os.walk(directory):
+        print(f"Checking directory: {root}")
+        for file in files:
+            file_path = os.path.join(root, file)
+            print(f"Checking file: {file_path}")
+            try:
+                with open(file_path, 'r', encoding='utf-8') as f:
+                    content = f.read()
+                    if email in content:
+                        print(f"Found '{email}' in: {file_path}")
+            except UnicodeDecodeError:
+                print(f"Could not read file {file_path} with utf-8 encoding. Trying with 'latin-1'.")
+                try:
+                    with open(file_path, 'r', encoding='latin-1') as f:
+                        content = f.read()
+                        if email in content:
+                            print(f"Found '{email}' in: {file_path}")
+                except Exception as e:
+                    print(f"Could not read file {file_path} with latin-1 encoding: {e}")
+            except FileNotFoundError:
+                print(f"File not found: {file_path}")
+            except IsADirectoryError:
+                print(f"Expected a file but found a directory: {file_path}")
+            except Exception as e:
+                print(f"Could not read file {file_path}: {e}")
+
+if __name__ == "__main__":
+    directory = "/Users/el_diablo_blanco/Documents/GitHub/nxshell"
+    email = "kristenmariet@yahoo.com"
+    search_email(directory, email)