FIND

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Supported DOS versions:	All versions
How easy to use?	Moderate
How safe to use?	Very safe
How common?	Fairly common
Internal or external command?	External

Description

Searches for a string of characters in a file or set of files

Command Syntax

FIND [/v] [/c] [/n] [/i] "string" filename

/v displays all the lines that do not contain the string
/c displays only the number of lines that contain the string. If this is included with the /v switch, the number of lines that do not contain the string is displayed.
/n displays line numbers along with lines that contain the string
/i ignores the case of characters (DOS 5+ only)
string must be enclosed in quote marks. It is treated as case sensitve unless the /i switch is used
filename may be a filename or wildcard

Comments

FIND is a very basic version of a utility called GREP, which comes from UNIX. A number of versions are available for DOS, which may be obtained from http://www.shareware.com among others.

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