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Are you looking for the string in the file name, or in the file content?<br />
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If in file name then couple be as simple as:<br />
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<b>dir /b /s /a-d &quot;c:\basedir\*string*.*&quot; &gt;&nbsp;&quot;c:\temp\results.txt&quot;</b><br />
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If in file content, then what type of files need to be searched, just TXT, or other?<br />
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Are you looking for the string in the file name, or in the file content?

If in file name then couple be as simple as:

dir /b /s /a-d "c:\basedir\*string*.*" > "c:\temp\results.txt"

If in file content, then what type of files need to be searched, just TXT, or other?



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»bp

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Best to explain what you are after exactly with a simple example.
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Best to explain what you are after exactly with a simple example.

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Thank you for your comments.<br />
Search all &nbsp;files which finish with .sql at : C:\Users\SQL Server Management Studio
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Thank you for your comments.
Search all  files which finish with .sql at : C:\Users\SQL Server Management Studio

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Luis Diaz

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It works.<br />
Thank you again for your help!
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Hello experts,<br />
I am looking for the fastest way in windows batch to find locations of files with specific string recursively based on a reported folder and export result as txt file.<br />
Thank you very much.
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Hello experts,
I am looking for the fastest way in windows batch to find locations of files with specific string recursively based on a reported folder and export result as txt file.
Thank you very much.

Windows batch: search file on a folder

Batch files are text files containing a script of commands that are executed by the command interpreter on DOS, OS/2 and Windows systems. Most commonly, they are used to perform a series of functions that are repeated -- copying a set of files created daily with one step, for example.