Findstr

Searches for strings in files using regular expressions.

Syntax

 findstr [/b] [/e] [/l] [/r] [/s] [/i] [/x] [/v] [/n] [/m] [/o] [/p] [/offline] [/g:file] [/f:file] [/c:string] [/d:dirlist] [/a:color attribute] [strings] [[drive:][path] filename [...]] 

Parameters
Parameter	Purpose
[/b]	Specifies that the match must occur at the beginning of a line.
[/e]	Specifies that the match must occur at the end of a line.
[/l]	Performs a literal search using the search string.
[/c: string]	Uses the specified string as a literal search string.
[/r]	Uses search strings as regular expressions.
[/s]	Searches for matches in the current folder and all subdirectories.
[/I]	Specifies a case-insensitive search.
[/x]	Prints lines that contain a match.
[/v]	Prints lines that do not contain a match.
[/n]	Prints the line number.
[/m]	Prints the file name where a match is found.
[/o]	Prints the seek offset before each match.
[/p]	Skips nonprintable characters.
[offline]	Causes a file with the offline attribute set to be processed.
[/g file]	Specifies a file that contains the search strings.
[/f file]	Specifies a file that contains a file list.
[/d dirlist]	Searches a comma-delimited list of folders.
[/a color attribute]	Specifies two character hexadecimal color attributes.