[corykv]

Using findstr to find strings is fairly easy. I am trying to search recursively through a path, but only want to check one of three file types: *.java, *.properties or *.xml.

I know how to do one:

findstr /pinsc:"my weird search string" *.java


But how to tell findstr to look only in *.java, *.properties and *.xml files without having to run findstr 3 times?

Thanks in advance.

corykv

[Squashman]

Use the DIR cmd in a for loop.

FOR /F "tokens=*" %%A IN ('dir /b /a-d /s *.java *.properties *.xml') DO findstr /pinc:"my weird search string" "%%A"

I am not sure if you could also do this. I have never tried it.

findstr /pinsc:"my weird search string" *.java *.properties *.xml

[ghostdog74]

here's an alternative if you can download stuff. Go to here and download grep. then on the command line

C:\test>grep "line" *txt *.java

type grep --help on the command line for more options (which are way better than what findstr has)

[Squashman]

Originally Posted by ghostdog74

here's an alternative if you can download stuff. Go to here and download grep. then on the command line

C:\test>grep "line" *txt *.java

type grep --help on the command line for more options (which are way better than what findstr has)

How is that going to recurse through the sub-directories?

[corykv]

Squashman, ghostdog,

Sometimes the simplest course of action is the easiest... Thanks for your help... this is what worked:

findstr /pinsc:"my search string" *.xml *.java *.properties

Squashman, I am a longtime user/lover of grep, unfortunately, I don't have the option on the machine I'm working on (corporate). Beautiful solution, though... none of the options I have ever seen have shown that ability --

Thanks, guys.

corykv

[Squashman]

You could use GREP. It is a self contained EXE. No need to install it. Nobody is going to know it is there. Grep does have options to recurse directories but wasn't shown in GhostDog's example.

[ghostdog74]

Originally Posted by Squashman

How is that going to recurse through the sub-directories?

i guessed you have already found out, but just for completeness, the -R option does that job.