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Find text in strings and files in PowerShell. tldr-pages

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Find text in strings and files in PowerShell. You can use Select-String similar to grep in UNIX or findstr.exe in Windows. Note: This command can only be used through PowerShell.

Search for a pattern within a file

Select-String -Path "path\to\file" -Pattern 'search_pattern'Identify

Search for an exact string (disables regex)

Select-String -SimpleMatch "exact_string" path\to\fileIdentify

Search for pattern in all .ext files in current dir

Select-String -Path "*.ext" -Pattern 'search_pattern'Identify

Capture the specified number of lines before and after the line that matches the pattern

Select-String --Context 2,3 "search_pattern" path\to\fileIdentify

Search stdin for lines that do not match a pattern

Get-Content path\to\file | Select-String --NotMatch "search_pattern"Identify