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- FIND
- Searches a file for a specific string of text.
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- The FIND command searches for a text string in a file or group of files.
- If no files are given, FIND reads standard input and can be used in a pipe.
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- COMMAND TYPE: External VERSION: 2.0 and up
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- USE: FIND [/V][/C][/N]"string" [[d:][path]filename...]
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- filename is the file to be searched, with optional drive and path.
- Several files may be listed, but no wildcards are accepted.
- /V displays the lines that don't contain the requested string.
- /C displays the number of lines that contain a match of the string
- /N displays the number of each line that contains a match along with the
- line of text.
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- "string" is the string of text to search for. It must be enclosed in
- quotes. To include quotes in the string, use two sets e.g. "this is a
- ""quoted string"" "
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- If no parameters are entered, all lines that contain a match of the
- requested string will be displayed. The string must be an exact match
- (i.e the search is case sensitive).
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