To search for a string with wild cards and regex patterns, you can use the FINDSTR command.

You can't use wildcards ( * and ?) in the searched string. You can type parameters and command-line options for the find command in any order. To exit the console search use CTRL-X or CTRL-z. If you omit a file name, this command acts as a filter, taking input from the standard input source (usually the keyboard, a pipe (|), or a redirected file) and then displays any lines that contain string. If the string you want to search for contains quotation marks, you must use double quotation marks for each quotation mark contained within the string (for example, '''This string contains quotation marks'''). If you use /i, however, the search becomes case insensitive, and it treats a and A as the same character. For example, this command treats the characters a and A differently. If you don't use /i, this command searches for exactly what you specify for string. Searched file not found or invalid command line switch was given Specifies the location and name of the file in which to search for the specified string. Specifies the group of characters (enclosed in quotation marks) that you want to search for. Specifies that the search is not case-sensitive.ĭoesn't skip files that have the offline attribute set. Precedes each line with the file's line number. Ĭounts the lines that contain the specified and displays the total. Syntax find ] ]ĭisplays all lines that don't contain the specified. Searches for a string of text in a file or files, and displays lines of text that contain the specified string.

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