- #Search all files for text string windows how to#
- #Search all files for text string windows windows#
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#Search all files for text string windows windows#
If I search for content: windows explorer help or content: "windows explorer help" it will return all files that contain any of the words windows, explorer, or help.ĭoes anybody know how I can search the contents of the files in a folder for an entire intact phrase as I was able to in previous versions? I have tried adding quotes and it does not make a difference.įor example, say I want to search for the phrase "windows explorer help" Then, right-click on the Command Prompt item under Best match and select Run as administrator from the popup menu. However, if what I am searching for is a phrase instead of just a single word it finds all files with any of the words in the phrase instead of the entire phrase intact. Enter cmd.exe in the Search box on the Taskbar.
#Search all files for text string windows how to#
In Windows 10 I have discovered how to search the content of the files (instead of just the file names) by starting my search with content: On second run the tasks finishes already faster because Windows will have many files already loaded in cache and does not access a second time the storage media for those files not changed in the meantime.īTW: A case-sensitive search done with removing /I is much faster than a case-insensitive search.Previous to Windows 10 I was able to search the contents of all files in a folder for a specific phrase by hitting control F, choosing the option to search for a phrase, and simply typing the phrase into the search box. It is not advisable to give the results file a file extension being specified also on command line of findstr.įinally the created results file is renamed to change file extension from tmp to txt.īut searching for a string in thousands of files with writing all found lines with name of file into a results file needs time. There is no file extension for "all text files".įindstr prints for each found occurrence the name of the file and the found line to stdout which is redirected into a text file with file extension tmp to desktop of current user. Then findstr is executed to search for the string case-insensitive in the files specified with wildcards on the command line. txt Search In Multiple Files Search In Multiple Files Recursively In previous example we have searched all files in current working directory. Next a perhaps existing search results file from a previous run on desktop of current user is deleted. If we want to search only text files we can also provide extension like. Ren "%USERPROFILE%\SearchResults.tmp" "SearchResults.txt"įirst the current directory is changed to root of drive C. However, if I go to c: and run the same search for the same text with 'all subfolders selected' in the ribbon it returns no matches. Hello, In windows 10 V21H1: If I open up file explorer to a directory c:subdir and search for text it will find the text located in c:subdirsubdir2. As you can see, there are quite a few options. Windows 10 search of all subfolders on harddrive. Next, under the ‘Search’ section, select ‘Text search’ and enter what you want to search in the ‘Search for.
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You can also type findstr / at the command prompt and it’ll show you the usage. Click the browse button under the ‘Search in’ field and select the folder that you want to search text files in (assuming all the text files are in the same folder, if not move them to one to make it easier to search them).
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You can read the reference document here to learn how to use findstr. %SystemRoot%\system32\findstr.exe /I /S /C:"string" *.htm *.html *.txt *.xml >"%USERPROFILE%\SearchResults.tmp" Both are quite powerful and can find pretty much anything you are looking for. A possible batch file for this task would be: offĭel "%USERPROFILE%\SearchResults.txt" 2>nul