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- COMMAND: FIND filter
-
- FUNCTION: Sends to the standard output device all lines from the specified
- file names that contain the specified character string.
-
- FORMAT: FIND [/V][/C][/N]"string"[[d:][path]filename[.ext]...]
-
- TYPE: DOS external command
-
- REMARKS: /V causes all lines not containing the string to be displayed.
- /C causes only a count of the number of lines that contain the
- string to be displayed, not the lines themselves.
- /N causes the relative line number of each matching line to be
- displayed before the line itself.
- The character string must be enclosed within double quotes. Global
- file name characters are not allowed in filespec. The filespec
- can be omitted when FIND is used to filter input from another
- command, as in DIR | FIND "BAK", for example.