findstr
Find specified text within one or more files. More information: https://docs.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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