Grep is one of my favorite tools to help me find something in a set of files. Since I cannot download Cygwin at work, I have to make due with what I have.
The following is a translation of grep -R "mypattern" *.cpp for Powershell.
gci C:\path\to\files\* --include *.cpp -recurse | select-string -pattern "mypattern" -caseSensitive
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So much easier to remember…
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6 responses so far ↓
1 Shiv // Jan 16, 2008 at 5:41 pm
Perfect! Just what I was looking for, thanks!
2 Ben // Apr 6, 2008 at 11:14 pm
Great!
Powershell syntax makes perfect sense when looked at from a “implementors” point of view, but from a practical standpoint…it’s rather ugly.
3 Eddie // Apr 20, 2008 at 4:26 am
Or you could use findstr
4 Smiley // Apr 26, 2008 at 8:55 pm
Findstr works well, as Eddie said.
To make it more natural, I made a new alias called grep and make it execute findstr.
“new-alias grep findstr”
and now I can follow my instincts.
5 Marshall // Apr 26, 2008 at 10:16 pm
findstr works, but it is not Powershell specific. You can run findstr on cmd.exe on Windows 98 if you want. I was looking for a grep-like command that was 100% Powershell.
6 IGuy // Jul 28, 2008 at 5:06 pm
just do this:
function grep($pattern,$filepath=”*.*”)
{
Get-ChildItem .\* -Include $filepath -Recurse | Select-String -Pattern $pattern -casesensitive
}
In your $profile…
Not perfect but close enough for my needs at the moment.
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