FindStr

By Joshua Erdman
Digital Foundation, inc.

This page contains a description of how to filter text files and/or text output.

Command Syntax

findstr [options] PATTERN [file....]

Findstr searches the specified input FILE (or standard input if no files are specified, such as if you pipe something to findstr) for lines that contain a match to the pattern. By default, the matches are printed to the screen. This is the equivalent to the Linux Grep tool.

Example

Example: In this example we search through the Windows folder for all files dated in 2004 using DIR at the commandline.

dir c:\windows | findstr 2004

Article last reviewed: 12/18/2006

Created by: Digital Foundation, inc.

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