findstr (windows)

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Find specified text within one or more files. More information: https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/windows-server/administration/windows-commands/findstr .

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# 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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