[THIN] Re: Very OT: FINDSTR command
- From: "Parker, Dennis" <Dennis.Parker@xxxxxxxxxx>
- To: "thin@xxxxxxxxxxxxx" <thin@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Tue, 03 Dec 2002 10:34:26 -0600
Oh VERY good...I forgot that he had mentioned that the files with spaces were
the ones that couldn't be opened.
for /f "delims==" %a in ('findstr /I /M /C:"nw2 4er" "*.*"') do findstr /I /M
/C:"se1 7sd" "%a"
Worked like a charm....should work for Phil as well.
Dennis
-----Original Message-----
From: Centeno, Ruben
Sent: Tuesday, December 03, 2002 8:24 AM
To: 'thin@xxxxxxxxxxxxx'
Subject: [THIN] Re: Very OT: FINDSTR command
By default an empty space, such as in a file name, is interpreted as a field
delimiter. Adding "delims==" (including the quotes) after /f and before %%a
{for /f "delims==" %%a in ...} to your batch file should do the trick.
HTH
Ruben
-----Original Message-----
From: Phil.Hillary@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
[mailto:Phil.Hillary@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx]
Sent: Tuesday, December 03, 2002 10:57 AM
To: thin@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [THIN] Re: Very OT: FINDSTR command
It worked for you? Very strange, as I've tried it on both NT4 and Win2K and
still get the cannot open file error message.
Thanks for your help
Phil
-----Original Message-----
From: Parker, Dennis [mailto:Dennis.Parker@xxxxxxxxxx]
Sent: 03 December 2002 15:04
To: thin@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [THIN] Re: Very OT: FINDSTR command
for /f %a in ('findstr /I /M /C:"nw2 4er" "*.*"') do findstr /I /M /C:"se1
7sd" "%a"
or in a batch file (.cmd whatever)
for /f %%a in ('findstr /I /M /C:"nw2 4er" "*.*"') do findstr /I /M /C:"se1
7sd" "%%a"
Worked for me in testing on a Win2K computer. I know that some versions of
commands work differently on NT.
Hope this helps.
Dennis
-----Original Message-----
From: Phil.Hillary@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Sent: Tuesday, December 03, 2002 6:27 AM
To: thin@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [THIN] Re: Very OT: FINDSTR command
Tried all that but still no joy. The first error I get is "in was
unexpected at this time" and it gets worse from there :-)
Thanks for all your help on it. I'll try and think of another way to do it.
Phil
-----Original Message-----
From: Braebaum, Neil [mailto:neil.braebaum@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx]
Sent: 03 December 2002 12:22
To: 'thin@xxxxxxxxxxxxx'
Subject: [THIN] Re: Very OT: FINDSTR command
Sometimes you need to double up, on your double quotes... ;-)
But it could be your *.* may need quoting? <shrug>
What do you get with:-
for /f "%a" in ('findstr /I /M /C:"nw2 4er" "*.*"') do findstr /I /M /C:"se1
7sd" "%a"
?
Oh there is the other gotcha, with for - when you use it in a cmd file, you
will need to double up on the %s - so if this is in a batch file, use %%a.
Neil
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Phil.Hillary@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> [mailto:Phil.Hillary@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx]
> Sent: 03 December 2002 12:14
> To: thin@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: [THIN] Re: Very OT: FINDSTR command
>
> I tried that as well but with the same error. From what I
> can see, the problem seems to lie with the second findstr and
> using %a for the filename. This is the output I get on screen
> when I search through file1.txt, file2.txt and file 3.txt:
>
> C:\>findstr /I /M /C:"sel 7sd" c:\postcode\file
> FINDSTR: Cannot open c:\postcode\file
>
> C:\>findstr /I /M /C:"sel 7sd" c:\postcode\file1.txt
>
> C:\>findstr /I /M /C:"sel 7sd" c:\postcode\file2.txt
>
> Most annoying!
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Braebaum, Neil [mailto:neil.braebaum@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx]
> Sent: 03 December 2002 11:45
> To: 'thin@xxxxxxxxxxxxx'
> Subject: [THIN] Re: Very OT: FINDSTR command
>
> As a general thing - filenames with spaces in, will need
> double quotes when used as variables.
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Phil.Hillary@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> > [mailto:Phil.Hillary@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx]
> > Sent: 03 December 2002 11:41
> > To: thin@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> > Subject: [THIN] Very OT: FINDSTR command
> >
> > Hi all
> >
> > I know this is OT so understand if I get no replies to it,
> > but this list is such an excellent source of information and
> > I don't know where else to try.
> >
> > We've been tasked with searching through our file servers for
> > any files which contain 2 strings of information. As there
> > are thousands of files to search through, we're using the
> > following for command:
> >
> > for /f %a in ('findstr /I /M /C:"nw2 4er" *.*') do
> > findstr /I /M /C:"se1 7sd" %a
> >
> > The problem we're having is it doesn't seem to be working on
> > file names with spaces in it and says it cannot open the
> > file. Anyone have any ideas?
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