find (command)
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In computing, find is a command in the command line interpreters (shells) of DOS,[1] OS/2 and Microsoft Windows.[2] It is used to search for a specific text string in a file or files. The command sends the specified lines to the standard output device.[3][4]
The Unix command find performs an entirely different function analogous to dir /s.
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Overview[edit]
The find command is a filter to find lines in the input data stream that contain or don't contain a specified string and send these to the output data stream.
Syntax[edit]
FIND [/V] [/C] [/N] [/I] "string" [[drive:][path]filename[...]]
Arguments:
"string"This command-line argument specifies the text string to find.[drive:][path]filenameSpecifies a file or files to search.
Flags:
/VDisplays all lines NOT containing the specified string./CDisplays only the count of lines containing the string./NDisplays line numbers with the displayed lines./IIgnores the case of characters when searching for the string.
Note: If a pathname is not specified, FIND searches the text typed at the prompt or piped from another command.
Example[edit]
find "keyword" < inputfilename > outputfilename
See also[edit]
- find (command-line utility for Unix)
- Regular expression
- Wildcard character
- List of DOS commands
- grep
References[edit]
- ^ Jamsa, Kris A. (1993), DOS: The Complete Reference, Osborne McGraw-Hill, p. 206, ISBN 0078819040.
- ^ http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/bb490906.aspx Microsoft TechNet Find article
- ^ Paterson, Tim (2013-12-19) [1983]. "Microsoft DOS V1.1 and V2.0: /msdos/v20source/FIND.ASM". Computer History Museum, Microsoft. Retrieved 2015-10-01.
- ^ Shustek, Len (2014-03-24). "Microsoft MS-DOS early source code". Software Gems: The Computer History Museum Historical Source Code Series. Retrieved 2015-10-01.
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