2.7.4. FIND

Help of the DOS Command FIND

Searches for a text string in a file or files.:

FIND [/V] [/C] [/N] [/I]
     [/OFF[LINE]] "string"
     [[drive:][path]filename[ ...]]

/V:

Displays all lines NOT containing the specified string.

/C:

Displays only the count of lines containing the string.

/N:

Displays line numbers with the displayed lines.

/I:

Ignores the case of characters when searching for the string.

/OFF[LINE]:

Do not skip files with offline attribute set.

“string”:

Specifies the text string to find.

[drive:][path]filename:

Specifies a file or files to search.

If a path is not specified, FIND searches the text typed at the prompt or piped from another command.

Note

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