Is there a Pattern Matching Utility like GREP in Windows?

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Chintan Shah picture Chintan Shah · Sep 12, 2009 · Viewed 254.5k times · Source

Is there a similar utility to grep available from the Windows Command Prompt, or is there a third party tool for it?

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Ken Keenan picture Ken Keenan · Sep 12, 2009

There is a command-line tool called FINDSTR that comes with all Windows NT-class operating systems (type FINDSTR /? into a Command Prompt window for more information) It doesn't support everything grep does but it might be sufficient for your needs.

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