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Find

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  Cmd | Find | FindStr | XCopy

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Common Commands INTERNAL External /SWITCH Parameter Help text AddonTool
Mounted Commands .Mount/\Command CmdShorthand #Constant $FUNCTION :Procedure !GuardNote
Operating Systems NT/2K/XP/K3 NT Only NT/2K 2K Only 2K/XP XP Only XP/K3 K3 Only 2K/XP/K3

Find.exe

NT 2K XP K3
Version 4.0.1371.1 5.0.2195.6605 5.1.2600.0 5.2.3790.0
Date (mm/dd/yyyy) 10/13/1996 06/19/2003 08/23/2001 03/25/2003
Time (hh:mn AM/PM) 09:38 AM 12:05 AM 08:00 AM 08:00 AM
Size (bytes) 30480 10000 9216 10240
Local Path %windir%\system32\Find.exe   ---OR---    %SystemRoot%\system32\Find.exe
Remote Path \\computername\admin$\system32\Find.exe
MD5 0B5B21F616F3D91E865D097DF3C7B09F 9BFBEC98E8B97A24FAEDF91EDE94A16F 09B4E22C86F7E9F1E5C7554AC03B9C9D 20AC4EC3C557BDB96C7D7E396386798F

There are over 400 commands available in all installations
of Windows NT4, 2000, XP and Server 2003 at the command prompt
and in batch files without adding any third party software.
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Resource

  Short Description
.Find   .ExactName Mount/\Command for Find.exe
:FNL   Numbers the lines in a file, optionally padding the numbers to equalize columns
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This is the Mounted Help Text.  We also archive the Common Help Text for NT, 2K, XP and K3

Description

Searches for a text string in a file or files.

Syntax

Find

  [/C] [/I] [/N] [/OFF[LINE]] [/V] "string" [[drive:][path]filename[ ...]]

Parameters and Switches

/C   Displays only the count of lines containing the string.
/I   Ignores the case of characters when searching for the string.
/N   Displays line numbers with the displayed lines.
/OFF[LINE]   Do not skip files with offline attribute set.
/V   Displays all lines NOT containing the specified string.
"string"   Specifies the text string to find.
[drive:][path]filename   Specifies a file or files to search.

Examples, Notes and Instructions

If a path is not specified, Find searches the text typed at the prompt or piped from another command.


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Things that are different (by design, by accident or otherwise)

Searching Exclusively Open Files

Find will return "File not found" for a file that does exist.

NT
2K
XP
K3
C:\GuardPost>DIR /AH /B "%UserProfile%\NTUSER.DAT"
NTUSER.DAT

C:\GuardPost>Find.exe /C /V "" "%UserProfile%\NTUSER.DAT"
File not found - NTUSER.DAT

C:\GuardPost>

Common
Command Set
External

  Cmd | Find | FindStr | XCopy
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