find

Find a specified string in files. More information: https://learn.microsoft.com/windows-server/administration/windows-commands/find.

  • Find lines that contain a specified string:

find "string" path\to\file_or_directory

  • Display lines that do not contain the specified string:

find "string" path\to\file_or_directory /v

  • Display the count of lines that contain the specified string:

find "string" path\to\file_or_directory /c

  • Display line numbers with the list of lines:

find "string" path\to\file_or_directory /n