Windows 10: Search multiple files for strings and output info

Hi there. I'm in need of a batch file that will search through multiple files searching for multiple strings, and if it finds a match, will output the entire line, as well as the filename of the file it was found in to another file.So for example, search *.txt in current and subdirectories, looking for multiple strings in "SearchForThese.txt" and if... for example, "Simon.txt" contains a line that reads "Hello Everyone" and the string "Hello" obtained from "SearchForThese.txt" was found, it would output "Hello Everyone was found in Simon.txt" to another file called "founditems.txt"Thank you

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Multi String Search - Search Multiple Strings At Same Time!

Hi guys,

Just to share with you "Multi String Search", a portable tool that allows multiple strings to be searched at same time.

Multi String Search (Web Page)

 

Searching Within Files

I have tried searching within files in Windows 10 for a string. However, through testing, it seems that when the string being searched for does not have a space in front, it ignores it. E.g. if the text in the file is 'The quick brown fox' and I search
for 'quick', it will list the file. But if the search string is 'ick', then the file will not be listed despite the text obviously being there. Any suggestions?

Matt

 

Search string

Use ~ [tilde] to denote an exact search

• enclose the search term in "
• include * if there is anything before the string / after it otherwise the search will think you are looking for a string at the start / end
• include filename: if that is relevant [it speeds things up by avoiding contents searching].

For example, these both found the correct result

~"*o p*"

filename:~"*o p*"





Denis