How To Search For Text In a Directory with SubFolders

[Guest]

Hello.

I need to search for a text value in all files within a directory that has
sub folders.
I want to create a batch file to do this but have no idea how to do it.
I know I need the DIR /AD command that I can then use as a pipe to the
"Find "something" *.* > MyResults.txt".

I would like to pass in two arguments. 1st: path to my directory e.g. c:\temp.
2nd: what to search for.

The batch file should look something like this:
Rem Start of batch file
cd %1
dir /ad > MyDirs
for %%i in (MyDirs) do
cd %%i
find %2 *.* > C:\temp\MyResults.txt

Any help will be greatly apporeciated!

Rita

 

[Ayush]

RitaG wrote ::

Hello.

I need to search for a text value in all files within a directory that has
sub folders.
I want to create a batch file to do this but have no idea how to do it.
I know I need the DIR /AD command that I can then use as a pipe to the
"Find "something" *.* > MyResults.txt".

I would like to pass in two arguments. 1st: path to my directory e.g. c:\temp.
2nd: what to search for.

The batch file should look something like this:
Rem Start of batch file
cd %1
dir /ad > MyDirs
for %%i in (MyDirs) do
cd %%i
find %2 *.* > C:\temp\MyResults.txt

Any help will be greatly apporeciated!

Rita

try this-
@echo off
cd "%1"
for /f "tokens=*" %%X in ('dir /ad /b /s') do (
find "%2" "%%X\*.txt"
)


Good Luck, Ayush.

 

[Guest]

Wow!
Thanks Ayush, that worked perfectly for me.
I just piped the results to a file.

Rita

RitaG wrote ::

Hello.

I need to search for a text value in all files within a directory that has
sub folders.
I want to create a batch file to do this but have no idea how to do it.
I know I need the DIR /AD command that I can then use as a pipe to the
"Find "something" *.* > MyResults.txt".

I would like to pass in two arguments. 1st: path to my directory e.g. c:\temp.
2nd: what to search for.

The batch file should look something like this:
Rem Start of batch file
cd %1
dir /ad > MyDirs
for %%i in (MyDirs) do
cd %%i
find %2 *.* > C:\temp\MyResults.txt

Any help will be greatly apporeciated!

Rita

try this-
@echo off
cd "%1"
for /f "tokens=*" %%X in ('dir /ad /b /s') do (
find "%2" "%%X\*.txt"
)


Good Luck, Ayush.

 

[Ayush]

RitaG wrote ::

Wow!
Thanks Ayush, that worked perfectly for me.
I just piped the results to a file.

Rita

You are welcome.


Good Luck, Ayush.