Command Line - Software

Command FIND

Function:

Search for a text string in the specified files.
Syntax:

FIND [drive:][path]filename "textstring" [/S] [/M]

[drive:][path]filename Specifies the text file(s) to search.

textstring Specifies the text string to find.

/M Match case.

/S Process sub-directories.

Note:

Command FIND uses the fast Boyer-Moore Algorithm and will only search text files. Non-text file are simply skipped.
Command FIND is not compatible with the DOS command FIND.
Unlike the DOS command FIND, Wildcards are allowed for parameter filename.
Also see macro example 3.