- 1 year ago
Windows cmd: piping the dir list output into find (or findstr) is not working
When piping the output of the dir
command in Windows Command Prompt (cmd) into find
or findstr
, it's important to note that the dir
command produces formatted output that may not be directly compatible with the search patterns used by find
or findstr
. However, you can modify the dir
command output to work with find
or findstr
by using the /B
(bare format) and /S
(include subdirectories) options. Here are a few examples:
Using
find
command:arduinodir /B /S | find "search_term"
Replace
"search_term"
with the specific term or pattern you want to search for. The/B
option produces a bare format listing without header or summary information, while/S
includes subdirectories in the search.Using
findstr
command:bashdir /B /S | findstr "search_pattern"
Replace
"search_pattern"
with the desired regular expression or string pattern to search for. The/B
option provides bare format listing, and/S
includes subdirectories.
Note that the findstr
command uses regular expressions by default. If you want to perform a literal string search instead, you can use the /L
option with findstr
:
bashdir /B /S | findstr /L "search_string"
Replace "search_string"
with the exact string you want to search for.
It's important to keep in mind that the dir
command output may contain paths that include spaces, which could affect the way the output is interpreted by find
or findstr
. In such cases, you may need to enclose the search pattern in quotes or modify the search pattern to account for spaces.
Additionally, if the search term or pattern contains special characters that are interpreted by the command prompt, you may need to escape or quote them appropriately.
By using the /B
and /S
options with dir
and properly constructing the search pattern, you should be able to pipe the output of the dir
command into find
or findstr
successfully in Windows Command Prompt.