DOS tool to search in text fiesl ?

[MoiMeme]

Hi,

does someone kown a tool that can be used under DOS to search in text files
?
TIA !!!

 

[Mark Carter]

Hi,

does someone kown a tool that can be used under DOS to search in text files
?

FIND - already included with Windows.

Type
find /?
for more info.

If you want a real man's search tool, then you should look for a UNIX
port of the GREP command. I have grep installed via DJGPP, which is
probably too fiddly for you to set up just for grep.

You might try:
http://unxutils.sourceforge.net/
http://www.interlog.com/~tcharron/grep.html

or take a look at some other results from Google:
http://tinyurl.com/armff

 

[Gert van der Kooij]

FIND - already included with Windows.

Type
find /?
for more info.

If you want a real man's search tool, then you should look for a UNIX
port of the GREP command. I have grep installed via DJGPP, which is
probably too fiddly for you to set up just for grep.

Or the windows findstr command which also supports regular
expressions. It's available on Windows 2000 and XP.

More info on http://www.computerhope.com/findstr.htm

 

[Jeff Needle]

The best I've ever seen is called "views." I have a copy of the
installer; let me know privately and I'll send you a copy.

 

[Jeff Needle]

Or the windows findstr command which also supports regular
expressions. It's available on Windows 2000 and XP.

More info on http://www.computerhope.com/findstr.htm

A quick word about the "Views" program, freeware for DOS, mentioned in
another post. It is the fastest tool I've ever seen for text searching of
DOS text files. I really recommend it above the others mentioned here.

 

[Al Klein]

does someone kown a tool that can be used under DOS to search in text files

There are any number of Grep and Grep-like programs out there.

 

[Hengist_Ludd]

Check the Free Software for DOS Web site
http://home.att.net/~short.stop/freesoft/softlib1.htm
Text utils page.

Eric Pement's Web site
http://www.student.northpark.edu/pemente/
Click the link to "Sed," then keep paging down until you get to search
(and replace) console-mode utilities. He has useful extra information on
the "Ministry of Truth" (MT, MTR) program.

Horst Schaeffer's software
http://home.mnet-online.de/horst.muc/
Doesn't appear on the main menu; click "LMOD" and keep paging down until
you get to "Find tools."