JSI Tip 8312. How can I display the file name, line number, and line text of all files in a folder that contain a specified string?

In tip 8204, I scripted FindIt.bat to return the list of file names that contained a specified string.

If you wish to return the file name, line number, and line text that contain a specified string, use FindString.bat.

The syntax for using FindString.bat is:

[call] FindString StartPath Mask "String"

Where:

StartPath is the drive or folder you want to search. All sub-folders of StartPath are also searched.Mask      is the file mask. An *.* will search all files in StartPath,           while a mask of *.txt will only search files with a .txt extension. String    is the string you are searching for.

The output is displayed on the console, but you can redirect it to a file using:

[call] FindString StartPath Mask "String">FileName

If you wish to process the output, use a command like:

for /f "Tokens=1-3* Delims=:""" %%a in ('FindString StartPath Mask "String"') do ( set FileName="%%a:%%b" set LineNumb=%%c set LineText=%%d call :process)

StartPath.bat contains:

@echo offif {%3}=={} @echo Syntax: FindString Folder FileMask "String"&goto :EOFsetlocalset folder=%1set mask=%2set string=%3set folder=%folder:"=%#set folder=%folder:/#=%set folder=%folder:#=%set mask=%mask:"=%set string=%string:"=%for /f "Tokens=*" %%f in ('dir "%folder%%mask%" /s /b') do ( for /f "Tokens=*"  %%t in ('type "%%f"^|findstr /L /I /N /C:"%string%"') do ( @echo %%f:%%t ))endlocal