------------------------  FIND - External DOS Command  -------------------------

FIND searches files, or other data, for a specified string of characters.

FORMAT:   FIND [/V][/C][/N] "string" [[d:][path]filename[.ext]...]

REMARKS:

   string    - is the string of characters to be searched for.  You must use
               upper/lower case as appropriate to specify the exact string.

   [d:][path]filename[.ext] - the file to be searched.  You may specify multiple
               files but you may not use the Global symbols (* and ?) for the
               filename or extension.  If the drive letter, d, is omitted, the
               default drive is assumed.  If "path" is omitted, the current
               directory is assumed.

   /V        - displays all lines that do not contain "string."
   /C        - displays a count of the number of times a match was found for
               "string" in each file.  Matching lines are not displayed.
   /N        - displays the relative line numbers ahead of the lines that
               contain matches.

   If /C is used, FIND ignores any /V or /N parameters.


EXAMPLES:

Display all lines in the files MEMO1.TXT, MEMO2.TXT and MEMO3.TXT that contain
the string "Mr. Smith."  The files are in the current directory on the default
drive:

          FIND "Mr. Smith"  MEMO1.TXT MEMO2.TXT MEMO3.TXT


Display a count of all lines of file MEMO1.TXT that contain the string "the".
MEMO1.TXT is in the DOC directory on the B drive.  DOC is a subdirectory of the
root directory.  The default drive is A:

          FIND /C "the" B:\DOC\MEMO1.TXT


Display all lines, and their relative line numbers in the file MEMO1.TXT that do
not contain the string "the".  MEMO1.TXT is in the current directory on the
default drive:

          FIND /V /N "the" MEMO1.TXT


Find the string "5-31-85" in a directory listing of the current directory on the
default drive.  This will display a directory listing for files written on
5-31-85:

          DIR | FIND "5-31-85"


Find the string "FY86" in a directory listing of the current directory on the
default drive.  Sort the matching lines by the date the file was written in
reverse order and send the output to the printer:

          DIR | FIND "FY86" | SORT /R/+24 > PRN
