Windows console command: find a pattern inside a text?

Question

Hi all:

I remember windows getting a command to search a pattern inside a text. Does there anyone know that?

Thanks.

Answer 1

I think you might be looking for FINDSTR. It's available in Windows XP and later. Type

findstr /?

For usage info.

Answer 2

Even before then, there's the FIND command (goes all the way back to DOS 2.0).

FIND "string" filename

The string needs to be in double quotes.