About
Find command in dos is used to search for a string in file or files.
Syntex
find [/V] [/C] [/N] [/I] "<string to be searched>" <filepath-and-filename>
| /V | Displays all lines NOT containing the specified string |
| /C | Display only count of lines containing specified string |
| /N | Displays line number with lines which contains specified string |
| /I | Ignores the case of characters |
Examples
find "hello" contents.txt
It will search for "hello" in contents.txt file and output all the line which containts "hello"
find "hello" *.*
It will search for "hello" in all the file in current directory and output all the lines which contains "hello"
find "hello" c:windowscontants.txt
it will search for "hello" in contants.txt file which is located in c:windows folder
