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What's the difference between the find and findstr commands in Windows?

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Mar 15, 202668281 views
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In Windows, what are the differences between the and commands? Both seem to search for text in files: find findstr

Error Output

C:\> find /?
Searches for a text string in a file or files.

FIND [/V] [/C] [/N] [/I] [/OFF[LINE]] "string" [[drive:][path]filename[ ...]]

  /V     …

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As shown above, adds regular expressions support, so it's more like .

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