C:\WINDOWS>HELP FC
Compares two files or sets of files and displays the differences between
them
FC
[/A
] [/C
] [/L
] [/LBn
] [/N
] [/OFF
[LINE
]] [/T
] [/U
] [/W
] [/nnnn
] [drive1:
][path1
]filename1
[drive2:
][path2
]filename2
FC /B
[drive1:
][path1
]filename1
[drive2:
][path2
]filename2
/A Displays only first and last lines for each set of differences.
/B Performs a binary comparison.
/C Disregards the case of letters.
/L Compares files as ASCII text.
/LBn Sets the maximum consecutive mismatches to the specified
number of lines.
/N Displays the line numbers on an ASCII comparison.
/OFF
[LINE
] Do not skip files with offline attribute set.
/T Does not expand tabs to spaces.
/U Compare files as UNICODE text files.
/W Compresses white space (tabs and spaces) for comparison.
/nnnn Specifies the number of consecutive lines that must match
after a mismatch.
[drive1:
][path1
]filename1
Specifies the first file or set of files to compare.
[drive2:
][path2
]filename2
Specifies the second file or set of files to compare.
C:\WINDOWS>HELP FIND
Searches for a text string in a file or files.
FIND
[/V
] [/C
] [/N
] [/I
] [/OFF
[LINE
]] "string"
[[drive:
][path
]filename
[ ...
]] /V Displays all lines NOT containing the specified string.
/C Displays only the count of lines containing the string.
/N Displays line numbers with the displayed lines.
/I Ignores the case of characters when searching for the string.
/OFF
[LINE
] Do not skip files with offline attribute set.
"string" Specifies the text string to find.
[drive:
][path
]filename
Specifies a file or files to search.
If a path is not specified, FIND searches the text typed at the prompt
or piped from another command.
C:\WINDOWS>HELP FINDSTR
Searches for strings in files.
FINDSTR
[/B
] [/E
] [/L
] [/R
] [/S
] [/I
] [/X
] [/V
] [/N
] [/M
] [/O
] [/P
] [/F:file
] [/C:string
] [/G:file
] [/D:dir list
] [/A:color attributes
] [/OFF
[LINE
]] strings
[[drive:
][path
]filename
[ ...
]] /B Matches pattern if at the beginning of a line.
/E Matches pattern if at the end of a line.
/L Uses search strings literally.
/R Uses search strings as regular expressions.
/S Searches for matching files in the current directory and all
subdirectories.
/I Specifies that the search is not to be case-sensitive.
/X Prints lines that match exactly.
/V Prints only lines that do not contain a match.
/N Prints the line number before each line that matches.
/M Prints only the filename if a file contains a match.
/O Prints character offset before each matching line.
/P Skip files with non-printable characters.
/OFF
[LINE
] Do not skip files with offline attribute set.
/A:attr Specifies color attribute with two hex digits. See "color /?"
/F:file Reads file list from the specified file(/ stands for console).
/C:string Uses specified string as a literal search string.
/G:file Gets search strings from the specified file(/ stands for console).
/D:dir Search a semicolon delimited list of directories
strings Text to be searched for.
[drive:
][path
]filename
Specifies a file or files to search.
Use spaces to separate multiple search strings unless the argument is prefixed
with /C. For example, 'FINDSTR "hello there" x.y' searches for "hello" or
"there" in file x.y. 'FINDSTR /C:"hello there" x.y' searches for
"hello there" in file x.y.
Regular expression quick reference:
. Wildcard: any character
* Repeat: zero or more occurances of previous character or class
^ Line position: beginning of line
$ Line position: end of line
[class
] Character class: any one character in set
[^class
] Inverse class: any one character not in set
[x-y
] Range: any characters within the specified range
\x Escape: literal use of metacharacter x
\<xyz Word position: beginning of word
xyz\> Word position: end of word
For full information on FINDSTR regular expressions refer to the online Command
Reference.
