How do I search files for a batch-file or command-line string?

/b

Matches pattern if at the start of a line

/e

Matches pattern if at the end of a line

/l

Searches literally

/r

Uses text as a regular expression (default)

/s

Searches current directory and all subdirectories

/i

Ignores case

/x

Selects lines that are an exact match

/v

Selects lines that don’t match

/n

Displays the line number before the matched line

/m

Displays only the matching filenames

/o

Displays the offset of the match before the matched line

/g:

Gets the search string from the specified file (e.g., /g:argument.txt)

/c:""

Uses text as a literal (e.g., /c:"string")

/f:

Gets the file list from the specified file (e.g., /f:filelist.txt)

strings

Denotes the search string (in double quotes if multiple words)

files

Shows the files to search