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Why find.exe not work in Windows 7?

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Mar 15, 20262661 views
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My find.exe in Windows 7 can not find anything. C:\topo\server\bin>echo "hello" | find "h" C:\topo\server\bin> I copied a find.exe from Windows XP, doesn't work too.

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Ok, I find the answer, because I set the code page of the cmd.exe to 65001(UTF-8), after I change back the code page , the find works ok. So, It's another question, why find not work after change code page. I will ask it in another question.

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