Windows: Grep-Like Command FINDSTR

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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.

When you search text in a file, put the file path after search keyword.

findstr word test.txt

1	findstr word test.txt

When you search text in a output of a command, pass the output to FINDSTR with pipe.

echo test|findstr test

1	echo test\|findstr test

Like grep, /i option enables us to ignore large and small character difference.

echo test|findstr /i TEST

1	echo test\|findstr /i TEST

You can show line number with /N option.

echo test|findstr /n test

1	echo test\|findstr /n test

You can search all files in a directory with * as follows.

findstr word dirname*

1	findstr word dirname*

This, *, is Windows’ normal wildcard. So you can specify extension as follows.

findstr word dirname*.txt

1	findstr word dirname*.txt

When you search text recursively, use /S option.

findstr /s word dirname*

1	findstr /s word dirname*

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