How do I enhance the 'Find: All Files' application to allow for batch

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Chris Orchard - 04 Sep 2003 02:44 GMT

Here's what I want to do:
1. Specify an input batch file containing 16 character-
long, alphanumeric text strings. The batch file could
contain anywhere from one to hundreds of these text
strings.
2. Use the 'Find: All Files' application to not only find
the files, but to copy the ENTIRE line, within each file,
to an output text file.

Is there a program around that finds for a specified input
batch and then sends the results to an output file? At the
moment, I can only use the 'Find: All Files' to search one
text string at a time, and then I have to go into each
file to copy the data out - too slow!

Or do I need to write my own program in, say, Visual Basic?

I plan to run this on a Windows NT 4.0 workstation.

Thanks.

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Phil Robyn - 04 Sep 2003 08:59 GMT

> Here's what I want to do:
> 1. Specify an input batch file containing 16 character-
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>
> Thanks.

Don't use 'Find: All Files'. Just use a batch file:

@echo off
setlocal
type nul > c:\yourpath\searchresults.txt
for /f "tokens=*" %%a in (c:\somedir\yoursearchstrings.txt) do (
findstr /i /c:"%%a" c:\somefolder\*.* >> c:\yourpath\searchresults.txt
)

Put the 16-character alphanumeric text strings (however many you
might have) in file 'c:\somedir\yoursearchstrings.txt'. Change the
file names and directory names per your requirements.

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Chris Orchard - 22 Sep 2003 03:10 GMT

Many thanks to Phil Robyn. It is much appreciated.

I have also been able to solve my problem using the
command FINDSTR at the NT Command Prompt.

Cheers!

Chris Orchard.

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>might have) in file 'c:\somedir\yoursearchstrings.txt'. Change the
>file names and directory names per your requirements.

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