Batch file to search a keyword in all files of a directory

Question

Kindly suggest how can I search a text string which will be input by the user in all files of a directory.

Thanks in advance!!

Answer 1

Just use grep. On Windows download GNU grep or other free available grep.

Answer 2

Are you looking for FINDSTR ? I am assuming your using windows.

Answer 3

findstr is your friend.

For example, to find all files containing Hello:

findstr Hello *

It also allows subdirectory searches (/s) and regular expressions (/r) as well.

Of course, you can't achieve real power unless you install and use the Cygwin or GnuWin32 tools. Cygwin if you want an entire UNIX-like environment or GnuWin32 if you just want select tools.