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If I took my string ‘12345’, I would expect to get back filenames that start with ‘12345’, but I also received filenames that included a hyphen ’11-12345′. In doing so I got filenames that didn’t start with my searched string. I then tried to find all filenames that start with strings contained within the List.txt from my DirectoryListing.txt file. I also have a List.txt file which contains strings of filenames, ie: ‘12345’. I started by finding all files within a certain directory which contains a bunch of sub directories and such by ‘dir * /s/b | findstr “.*\.*”‘ I pipped the results to a DirectoryListing.txt file to store all the paths. I’ve been trying to find filenames that start with a certain string.
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If you don’t specify /M, the output will show the exact text string along with the file name where it found the string.
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This will give a list of all files with full path containing the text string “reader”. You can also specify a folder for finding a specific text string in multiple files.įindstr /M “reader” “C:\Users\Usman\Desktop\*” find text string in a file Search for a specific string in a folder using Findstr You can also give full path of the file if it’s not in the same directory as opened in command prompt. Search for a specific string inside a single file Using Command Prompt This will show me only secure imap ports opened on my computer. Netstat | findstr “imaps” Findstr filtering imaps ports If I want to check which app or IP address is connected to a specific port, I’ll use the following command: If you want to filter the results of a command, you can use | findstr “string_to_find”įor example, I mostly use netstat for checking the connections being made on my computer. Search for a specific string in a folder using Findstr Filter an output of a command Using Command Prompt.

#Search all files for text string windows how to
In Windows 10 I have discovered how to search the content of the files (instead of just the file names) by starting my search with content: Previous to Windows 10 I was able to search the contents of all files in a folder for a specific phrase by hitting control F, choosing the option to search for a phrase, and simply typing the phrase into the search box.
