DOS - Search Command
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Hello,
Is there a command that allows searching through all .txt files in a folder for a word? And that gives the name of the file afterwards?
Example:
I have 30 .txt files in my folder MyTextFiles. I want to search for the word "Hello" in all .txt files in MyTextFiles.
Then, DOS tells me which .txt file(s) contain "Hello".
Is that possible? Thank you!
Configuration: Windows XP / Firefox 3.6.8
Is there a command that allows searching through all .txt files in a folder for a word? And that gives the name of the file afterwards?
Example:
I have 30 .txt files in my folder MyTextFiles. I want to search for the word "Hello" in all .txt files in MyTextFiles.
Then, DOS tells me which .txt file(s) contain "Hello".
Is that possible? Thank you!
Configuration: Windows XP / Firefox 3.6.8
1 answer
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C:\Documents and Settings\Administrateur>findstr /?
Search for strings in files.
FINDSTR [/B] [/E] [/L] [/R] [/S] [/I] [/X] [/V] [/N] [/M] [/O] [/P]
/F:file /C:string /G:directory file
color [strings]
[[drive:][path]filename[ ...]]
/B Searches for the element if it is at the beginning of a line.
/E Searches for the element if it is at the end of a line.
/L Searches for the strings literally.
/R Searches for strings as expressions.
/S Searches for matching files in the current directory
and all its subdirectories.
/I Specifies that the search should be case-insensitive.
/X Displays lines that match exactly.
/V Displays only non-matching lines.
/N Displays the line number before each matching line.
/M Displays only the names of files containing
matching strings.
/O Displays the character offset for each matching line.
/P Ignores files that do not contain printable characters.
/OFFLINE Do not ignore files with the offline attribute set.
/A:attr Specifies the color attribute with 2 hexadecimal digits.
Enter "color /?".
/F:file Reads the list of files from the specified file (/ for the
console).
/C:string Searches for the specified string literally.
/G:file Gets the strings to search for from the specified file
(/ for the console).
/D:dir Searches in a list of directories delimited by
semicolons.
strings Strings to search for.
[drive:][path]filename
Specifies the files in which to search.
Use spaces to separate multiple strings to search for, unless
the argument is preceded by /C.
Example: 'FINDSTR "have a good day" x.y' searches for "have" or "day" in
the file x.y. 'FINDSTR /C:"have a good day" x.y' searches for "have a good day"
in the file x.y.
Quick guide to common options:
. Wildcard = any character
* Repetition: zero occurrences or more of the preceding character or class
^ Position: beginning of line
$ Position: end of line
[class] Character class: any character from the set
[^class] Inverted class: any character not belonging to the set
[x-y] Limits: any character within the specified limits
\x Escaping: literal use of the metacharacter x
\<xyz Position: beginning of the word
xyz\> Position: end of the word
found in the command prompt
