Find (Windows) Explained

find
Developer:Microsoft, IBM, DR, Datalight, Novell, Jim Hall, ReactOS Contributors
Programming Language:MS-DOS

x86 assembly language
FreeDOS, ReactOS: C

Operating System:MS-DOS, PC DOS, FlexOS, SISNE plus, DR DOS, ROM-DOS, FreeDOS, 4690 OS, Windows, OS/2, eComStation, ArcaOS, ReactOS
Platform:Cross-platform
Genre:Command
License:MS-DOS: MIT
FreeDOS, ReactOS: GPLv2+

In computing, find is a command in the command-line interpreters (shells) of a number of operating systems. 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.[1] [2]

Overview

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. It does not support wildcard characters.[3]

The command is available in DOS, Digital Research FlexOS,[4] IBM/Toshiba 4690 OS,[5] IBM OS/2,[6] Microsoft Windows,[7] and ReactOS.[8] On MS-DOS, the command is available in versions 2 and later.[9] DR DOS 6.0[10] and Datalight ROM-DOS[11] include an implementation of the command. The FreeDOS version was developed by Jim Hall and is licensed under the GPL.[12]

The Unix command [[Find (Unix)|find]] performs an entirely different function, analogous to [[forfiles]] on Windows. The rough equivalent to the Windows find is the Unix [[grep]].[13]

Syntax

FIND [/V] [/C] [/N] [/I] "string" [path]filename[...]]

Arguments:

Flags:

Note:If a pathname is not specified, FIND searches the text typed at the promptor piped from another command.

Examples

C:\>find "keyword" < inputfilename > outputfilename

C:\>find /V "any string" FileName

See also

Further reading

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Tim. Paterson. Tim Paterson. Microsoft DOS V1.1 and V2.0: /msdos/v20source/FIND.ASM. Computer History Museum, Microsoft. 2013-12-19. 1983. 2015-10-01.
  2. Web site: Microsoft MS-DOS early source code. Software Gems: The Computer History Museum Historical Source Code Series. Len. Shustek. 2014-03-24. 2015-10-01.
  3. Web site: Find - Search for text - Windows CMD - SS64.com. ss64.com.
  4. Web site: FlexOS User's Guide . 1986 . www.bitsavers.org . 2020-09-14 . 2019-09-25 . https://web.archive.org/web/20190925131719/http://bitsavers.org/pdf/digitalResearch/flexos/1073-2003_FlexOS_Users_Guide_V1.3_Nov86.pdf . dead .
  5. Web site: Users guide. archive.org. 2020-09-14.
  6. Web site: JaTomes Help - OS/2 Commands . 2019-07-20 . 2019-04-14 . https://web.archive.org/web/20190414130029/http://www.jatomes.com/Help/Os2Cmd.php#FIND . dead .
  7. Web site: Find . 2017-08-26 . 2017-08-26 . https://web.archive.org/web/20170826163346/https://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/bb490906.aspx . dead .
  8. Web site: reactos/reactos. GitHub. 3 January 2022.
  9. Book: Wolverton. Van. Running MS-DOS Version 6.22 (20th Anniversary Edition), 6th Revised edition. 2003. Microsoft Press. 0-7356-1812-7.
  10. https://www.4corn.co.uk/archive/docs/DR%20DOS%206.0%20User%20Guide-opt.pdf DR DOS 6.0 User Guide Optimisation and Configuration Tips
  11. Web site: Datalight ROM-DOS User's Guide. www.datalight.com.
  12. Web site: ibiblio.org FreeDOS Package -- find (FreeDOS Base). www.ibiblio.org.
  13. Web site: Equivalent of UNIX Grep command in Dos/Windows. January 26, 2009.

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