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findstr

Find specified text within one or more files. More information: https://learn.microsoft.com/windows-server/administration/windows-commands/findstr.
  • Find space-separated string(s) in all files:
    findstr "{{query}}" *
  • Find space-separated string(s) in a piped command's output:
    {{dir}} | findstr "{{query}}"
  • Find space-separated string(s) in all files recur[s]ively:
    findstr /s "{{query}}" *
  • Find strings using a case-insensitive search:
    findstr /i "{{query}}" *"
  • Find strings in all files using regular expressions:
    findstr /r "{{expression}}" *
  • Find a literal string (containing spaces) in all text files:
    findstr /c:"{{query}}" *.txt
  • Display the line number before each matching line:
    findstr /n "{{query}}" *
  • Display only the filenames that contain a match:
    findstr /m "{{query}}" *

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