find (windows)

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Find a specified string in one or more files. More information: https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/windows-server/administration/windows-commands/find .

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# Find lines that contain a specified string:
find {{string}} {{path/to/file_or_directory}}

# Display lines that do not contain the specified string:
find {{string}} {{path/to/file_or_directory}} /v

# Display the count of lines that contain the specified string:
find {{string}} {{path/to/file_or_directory}} /c

# Display line numbers with the list of lines:
find {{string}} {{path/to/file_or_directory}} /n

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