Searching for a string of text in an MS- DOS batch file. Using the findstr command allows you to search for text within any plaintext file. Using this command within a batch file allow you to search for text and create events off the results found. Below are some examples.
Basic search. In the example below, this basic batch file would search through the hope. There is hope!@echo offfindstr /m "computerhope" hope. There is hope!)Log results and wildcards. In the example below, this batch file searches for computerhope in any txt file in the current directory using the wildcards *.
- Steps on how to search for a string of text in an MS-DOS batch file. Help > Computer software > Batch files. Searching for a string of text in an MS-DOS batch file.
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Also, this batch file has an else statement that will print if no matches were found. Note: When doing the else it *must* follow the close parenthesis, so it must be ") else (" otherwise you'll get the 'else' is not recognized as an internal or external command, operable program or batch file." error.@echo offfindstr /m "computerhope" *. Found! logged files into results. No matches found).
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