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Here is the way I execute grep-like command in Windows.
Windows doesn’t have grep command, so I used FINDSTR command.
FINDSTR
Windows has FINDSTR command.
Find text from file
When you search text in a file, put the file path after search keyword.
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findstr word test.txt |
Find text from command output
When you search text in a output of a command, pass the output to FINDSTR with pipe.
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echo test|findstr test |
Ignore large and small character difference
Like grep, /i option enables us to ignore large and small character difference.
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echo test|findstr /i TEST |
Show line number
You can show line number with /N option.
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echo test|findstr /n test |
Find text from files in a directory
You can search all files in a directory with * as follows.
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findstr word dirname* |
This, *, is Windows’ normal wildcard. So you can specify extension as follows.
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findstr word dirname*.txt |
Search files in a directory recursively
When you search text recursively, use /S option.
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findstr /s word dirname* |
