Findstr and multi-string AND searches

[Michel Gallant]

Can findstr.exe be used for a multi-string AND search?
Is that possible given the limited RegExp capability of Findstr?

I want to search multiple files, subdirectory recursive, and
only find files containing BOTH (or more than 2) strings.

The following command finds 2 search words (in the order
given), but only if they are on the same line:
findstr /s /i /m "Word1.*Word2" *.*

Thanks,
- Michel Gallant
Visual Security MVP

 

[Marty List]

Can findstr.exe be used for a multi-string AND search?
Is that possible given the limited RegExp capability of Findstr?

I want to search multiple files, subdirectory recursive, and
only find files containing BOTH (or more than 2) strings.

The following command finds 2 search words (in the order
given), but only if they are on the same line:
findstr /s /i /m "Word1.*Word2" *.*

Thanks,
- Michel Gallant
Visual Security MVP

This isn't the most efficient solution since it will read each file twice,
but you could use the "&&" conditional processing symbol to execute a second
findstr only if the first one succeeds. Something like this:

@Echo Off
SetLocal
Set SOURCE=C:\Temp
For /R %SOURCE% %%A In (*.*) Do (
findstr /i "Word1" %%A>NUL && findstr /i /m "Word2" %%A
)

 

[Michel Gallant]

Thanks Marty. That seems to do the trick (refreshing my bat knowledge)

Is there a way to filter out (to Nul) lines in the resursion that fail like:
FINDSTR: Cannot open C:\Progra .....

Thanks,
- Mitch

 

[Matthias Tacke]

Thanks Marty. That seems to do the trick (refreshing my bat knowledge)

Is there a way to filter out (to Nul) lines in the resursion that fail like:
FINDSTR: Cannot open C:\Progra .....

Have you tried to redirect the error output with 2>NUL?

More on this you will find with Start/Help/Search for redirection.

hth
Matthias

 

[Michel Gallant]

Thanks.
Is there a recommended recent Batch file programming book
which includes extra features available for W2k+ ??
I have somewhere "MS-DOS Batch Files" K., Jamsa 1993

- Mitch

 

[Matthias Tacke]

Thanks.
Is there a recommended recent Batch file programming book
which includes extra features available for W2k+ ??
I have somewhere "MS-DOS Batch Files" K., Jamsa 1993

- Mitch

Btw. you can start with help on the commandline and then
help command. Or search the windows help for the topics you are
interested in. The websites are mostly a compilation of these sources.

hth
Matthias

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[guard]

Is there a recommended recent Batch file programming book
which includes extra features available for W2k+ ??
I have somewhere "MS-DOS Batch Files" K., Jamsa 1993

- Mitch

The FindStr Page will show you the difference between FindStr for
NT/2K/XP/K3
(http://TheSystemGuard.com/TheGuardBook/CCS-Ext/FindStr.htm)

For comparisons of all internal Cmd.exe commands, see
(http://TheSystemGuard.com/TheGuardBook/CCS-Int)

*******

-tsg
____________________________________________________________
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[Michel Gallant]

Thanks for these references.
- Mitch
http://pages.istar.ca/~neutron

 

[Michel Gallant]

OK, here is what I have for simple case there bat
reads in 2 args as search strings.

@Echo Off
SetLocal
Set SOURCE=C:\Progra~1\.......
For /R %SOURCE% %%A In (*.*) Do (findstr %1 %%A>NUL 2>Nul && findstr /m %2 %%A)

How do I modify this if the Set SOURCE= contains a string with explicit spaces (e.g. Program Files
....)
instead of 8.3 path names?

Thanks,
- Mitch

 

[Matthias Tacke]

OK, here is what I have for simple case there bat
reads in 2 args as search strings.

@Echo Off
SetLocal
Set SOURCE=C:\Progra~1\.......

Set Source="C:\Program Files\...."
Put _either_ Set or the "%SOURCE%" in Parenthes's

For /R %SOURCE% %%A In (*.*) Do (findstr %1 %%A>NUL 2>Nul && findstr >/m %2 %%A)
How do I modify this if the Set SOURCE= contains a string with
explicit spaces (e.g. Program Files ...)
instead of 8.3 path names?

hth
Matthias

 

[Michel Gallant]

That doesn't work.
I tried both approaches individually, or combined and
always get an error (after removing 2>Nul)
FINDSTR: Cannot open C:\Program

- Mitch

 

[Ritchie]

OK, here is what I have for simple case there bat
reads in 2 args as search strings.

@Echo Off
SetLocal
Set SOURCE=C:\Progra~1\.......
For /R %SOURCE% %%A In (*.*) Do (findstr %1 %%A>NUL 2>Nul && findstr /m %2 %%A)

How do I modify this if the Set SOURCE= contains a string with explicit spaces
(e.g. Program Files

@echo off & setlocal ENABLEEXTENSIONS
set dir="c:\program files"
for /r %dir% %%a in (*.*) do (
find %1 "%%a" >nul && find %2 "%%a" >nul && echo %%a
)

Note that the FIND search string must be quoted. Either hardcode the
quotes (if your search strings never contain spaces) of use quotes on
the commandline.

 

[Michel Gallant]

@echo off & setlocal ENABLEEXTENSIONS
set dir="c:\program files"
for /r %dir% %%a in (*.*) do (
find %1 "%%a" >nul && find %2 "%%a" >nul && echo %%a
)

Note that the FIND search string must be quoted. Either hardcode the
quotes (if your search strings never contain spaces) of use quotes on
the commandline.

Thanks Ritchie. That works properly now.
Cheers,
- Mitch