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/F:file Reads file list from the specified file(/ stands for console). /C:string Uses specified string as a literal search string. /G:file Gets search strings from the specified file(/ stands for console). /D:dir Search a semicolon delimited list of directories; Note: Following command displays the detailed help about this command: FINDSTR /?
/V Displays all lines NOT containing the specified string. /C Displays only the count of lines containing the string. /N Displays line numbers with the displayed lines. /I Ignores the case of characters when searching for the string. Note: If a pathname is not specified, FIND searches the text typed at the prompt or piped from another command.
Windows Search (formerly MSN Desktop Search, Windows Desktop Search, and the Windows Search Engine) is a content index and desktop search platform by Microsoft introduced in Windows Vista as a replacement for the previous Indexing Service of Windows 2000, Windows XP, and Windows Server 2003, designed to facilitate local and remote queries for files and non-file items in the Windows Shell and ...
The directory (folder) to search for files in. The default is the current directory. UNC paths (\\machine\share) are not accepted. /M searchmask A glob pattern (wildcard search). Only files whose filename matches the pattern are selected. The file extension is included in the filename; the path (folder name) is not.
The string "localhost" will attempt to access the file as UNC path \\localhost\c:\path\to\the file.txt, which will not work since the colon is not allowed in a share name. The dot "." The dot "." results in the string being passed as \\.\c:\path\to\the file.txt , which will work for local files, but not shares on the local system.
Smart Search: "Find-as-you-type" search list that narrows down on typing a part of the item name. Wildcards: Find-as-you-type search using wildcards like '*' and '?'. Shortcut to command mode: type /cmd to enter the command line window in the current directory.
Sets the path to be searched for data files or displays the current search path. The APPEND command is similar to the PATH command that tells DOS where to search for program files (files with a .COM, . EXE, or .BAT file name extension). The command is available in MS-DOS versions 3.2 and later. [1]
The article is named Windows Search because the search platform is named Windows Search and not Windows Desktop Search. WDS refers to the implementation of the platform on XP. The Vista version IS Windows Search. And the successor is WS4 not WDS4. While the XP port might get the update, the platform is still named Windows Search 4.