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                                    FIND
 
Searches for a specific string of text in a file or files.
 
After searching the specified files, FIND displays any lines of text that
contain the specified string.
 
Syntax
 
    FIND [/V] [/C] [/N] [/I] "string" [[drive:][path]filename[...]]
 
Parameters
 
"string"
    Specifies the group of characters you want to search for. You must
    enclose the text for string in quotation marks.
 
[drive:][path]filename
    Specifies the location and name of the file in which to search for the
    specified string.
 
Switches
 
/V
    Displays all lines not containing the specified string.
 
/C
    Displays only a count of the lines that contain the specified string.
 
/N
    Precedes each line with the file's line number.
 
/I
    Specifies that the search is not to be case-sensitive.
 
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