I am using Windows Server 2008 and I need to create a Batch file (.bat) to search for a given string in 20.000 to 30.000 files located all in one folder in the same level (without subfolders).
I have been searching and reading around but I couldn't find anything to do it.
Trying it with this without success:
@echo off for /r "delims=|" %%i in (*) do ( findstr /m /C:"34444" %%i
)1 Answer
From batch
START cmd.exe /k "Findstr -m "34444" *.*"From command line
Findstr -m "34444" *.*"also from powershell, create named batch file *.cmd extension containing following content. (remember to change the gci path 'your folder path'.
@PowerShell -ExecutionPolicy Bypass -noexit -Command Invoke-Expression $('$args=@(^&{$args} %*);'+[String]::Join(';',(Get-Content '%~f0') -notmatch '^^@PowerShell.*EOF$')) & goto :EOF
gci -path 'c:\your folder path\' -fi '*' | Select-String -patt "34444" | select Filename, LineNumber | Format-Table -acall batch file *.cmd to run the powershell search.
