From: "Colin W. Glenn" <cwg01 AT gnofn DOT org>
Newsgroups: comp.os.msdos.djgpp
Subject: Re: Search DOS hard drive question
Date: Sat, 8 Mar 1997 01:58:23 -0600
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On Fri, 7 Mar 1997, Programming wrote:

> The command: 

> DIR /S /E will give all files in the current, and all subdirectories. 
> 
> The FIND command will find all character strings, in a file. 
> 
> I want to search all files on the hard drive for a specific character
> string; in the root directory, and all subdirectories.  ALL files. 

You might be better off using a combination of tricks, first off, use

DIR (file.spec) /B /S >TEMP.DAT

To produce a list of the files you want searched into a file, then open
the file with a program produce a bat file with the command

FIND "my text" (one.file.spec) >>RESULTS.DAT

For each file.  After you run the bat, you can examine RESULTS.DAT to
quickly locate which files contain the string you're looking for.

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