2.7.5. FINDSTR

Help of the DOS Command FINDSTR

Searches for strings in files.:

FINDSTR [/B] [/E] [/L] [/R] [/S] [/I]
        [/X] [/V] [/N] [/M] [/O] [/P]
        [/F:file] [/C:string] [/G:file]
        [/D:dir list] [/A:color attributes]
        [/OFF[LINE]]
        strings [[drive:][path]filename[ ...]]

/B:

Matches pattern if at the beginning of a line.

/E:

Matches pattern if at the end of a line.

/L:

Uses search strings literally.

/R:

Uses search strings as regular expressions.

/S:

Searches for matching files in the current directory and all subdirectories.

/I:

Specifies that the search is not to be case-sensitive.

/X:

Prints lines that match exactly.

/V:

Prints only lines that do not contain a match.

/N:

Prints the line number before each line that matches.

/M:

Prints only the filename if a file contains a match.

/O:

Prints character offset before each matching line.

/P:

Skip files with non-printable characters.

/OFF[LINE]:

Do not skip files with offline attribute set.

/A:attr:

Specifies color attribute with two hex digits. See COLOR /?

/F:file:

Reads file list from the specified file(/ stands for console).

/C:string:

Uses specified string as a literal search string.

/G:file:

Gets search strings from the specified file(/ stands for console).

/D:dir:

Search a semicolon delimited list of directories

strings:

Text to be searched for.

[drive:][path]filename:

Specifies a file or files to search.

Use spaces to separate multiple search strings unless the argument is prefixed with /C. For example, FINDSTR "hello there" x.y searches for hello or there in file x.y. FINDSTR /C:"hello there" x.y searches for hello there in file x.y.

Regular expression quick reference:

.:

Wildcard: any character

*:

Repeat: zero or more occurrences of previous character or class

^:

Line position: beginning of line

$:

Line position: end of line

[class]:

Character class: any one character in set

[^class]:

Inverse class: any one character not in set

[x-y]:

Range: any characters within the specified range

x:

Escape: literal use of metacharacter x

<xyz:

Word position: beginning of word

xyz>:

Word position: end of word

Note

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