Question

I’m trying to make a batch file that will read the contents of a text file then display all of it onto the console is this possible? also is it possible for it to search for just a key word then it will only display that line?

here is an example of the text file

test, C:\users\documents\picture
test1, C:\program files\

etc etc

Answer 1

C:\>ECHO test, C:\users\documents\picture >foo
C:\>ECHO test1, C:\program files\ >>foo

Display the entire text file:

C:\>TYPE foo
test, C:\users\documents\picture
test1, C:\program files\

Display just the line containing “test1,”:

C:\>FINDSTR "test1," foo
test1, C:\program files\

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For more information:

C:\>HELP TYPE
C:\>HELP FINDSTR

And in general:

C:\>HELP