Microsoft Windows XP Professional Administrators Guide
Searches for a string of text in a file and displays any matches.
Syntax
find [/v] [/c] [/n] [/i] "string" [[drive:][path]filename[...]]
| Parameters | |
|---|---|
| | |
| Parameter | Purpose |
| | |
| [/v] | Displays lines that do not match the string. |
| [/c] | Displays a count of matching lines. |
| [/n] | Displays a line before each line. |
| [/i] | Performs a case-insensitive search. |
| “string” | Specifies the string to search for. |
| [drive:][path] filename | Specifies the drive, path, and file name of the file to be searched. |