{"id":221,"date":"2013-01-16T10:21:28","date_gmt":"2013-01-16T15:21:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/binaryworld.net\/blogs\/?p=221"},"modified":"2013-08-14T15:01:17","modified_gmt":"2013-08-14T19:01:17","slug":"how-to-search-string-in-dos-batch-file-from-commandline-using-findstr","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/binaryworld.net\/blogs\/how-to-search-string-in-dos-batch-file-from-commandline-using-findstr\/","title":{"rendered":"How to search string in DOS Batch file from commandline using findstr"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>This post shows how to <strong>find string<\/strong> in a file from <strong>MS DOS commandline<\/strong><\/p>\n<pre class=\"brush: powershell; gutter: false\">::findstr with \/C: switch will search entire file for exact string \r\n\r\nfindstr \/M \/C:&quot;search-string-xyz&quot; &quot;C:\\Files\\MyLog.txt&quot; &gt; log_search_status.txt\r\n\r\nif %errorlevel%==0 (\r\necho SUCCESS - STRING FOUND\r\n) else (\r\necho FAILED - STRING NOT FOUND\r\n::Uncomment below if you want to Terminate Bat File\r\n::exit 0\r\n)<\/pre>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This post shows how to find string in a file from MS DOS commandline ::findstr with \/C: switch will search entire file for exact string findstr \/M \/C:&quot;search-string-xyz&quot; 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