FINDSTR

FINDSTR

Search for strings in files.


syntax
FINDSTR [options] [/F:file] [/C:string] [/G:file] [string(s)] [pathname(s)]

key
string Text to search for.
pathname(s) The file(s) to search.
/C:string Use string as a literal search string.
/G:file Get search string from a file (/ stands for console).
/F:file Get a list of pathname(s) from a file (/ stands for console).
/d dirlist Search a comma-delimited list of directories.

[options] may be any combination of the following switches:
/I Case-insensitive search.
/S Search subfolders.
/P Skip any file that contains non-printable characters

/L Use search string(s) literally.
/R Use search string(s) as regular expressions.(default)

/B Match pattern if at the Beginning of a line.
/E Match pattern if at the END of a line.

/X Print lines that match exactly.
/V Print only lines that do NOT contain a match. /N Print the line number before each line that matches.
/M Print only the filename if a file contains a match.
/O Print character offset before each matching line.

/a color_attribute Display filenames in colour (2 hex digits)