Comments on: Count number of lines in a file using DOS http://brett.batie.com/dosshell/count-number-of-lines-in-a-file-using-dos/ Thoughts of a Software Developer. Wed, 07 Jan 2009 02:02:54 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6 By: iNFiNiTyLoOp http://brett.batie.com/dosshell/count-number-of-lines-in-a-file-using-dos/#comment-129 iNFiNiTyLoOp Mon, 16 Jun 2008 06:45:36 +0000 http://brett.batie.com/?p=25#comment-129 find /c/v "" afile.txt Is the way I figured out how to do it. find /c/v “” afile.txt
Is the way I figured out how to do it.

]]> By: Brett http://brett.batie.com/dosshell/count-number-of-lines-in-a-file-using-dos/#comment-124 Brett Wed, 04 Jun 2008 21:17:02 +0000 http://brett.batie.com/?p=25#comment-124 I think the below searches might help you if I understand the problem correctly. The below line will find "pattern" anywhere in a line. findstr /R ".*pattern.*" afile.txt The below line will find "pattern" after 140 characters. findstr /r "^(.*){140}pattern.*$" afile.txt I think the below searches might help you if I understand the problem correctly.

The below line will find “pattern” anywhere in a line.
findstr /R “.*pattern.*” afile.txt

The below line will find “pattern” after 140 characters.
findstr /r “^(.*){140}pattern.*$” afile.txt

]]> By: Ken Happich http://brett.batie.com/dosshell/count-number-of-lines-in-a-file-using-dos/#comment-123 Ken Happich Wed, 04 Jun 2008 07:36:42 +0000 http://brett.batie.com/?p=25#comment-123 I find this to be a very interesting use of findstr and like your website. I recently ran into an issue/limitation with findstr that I did not know existed. I was trying to find a pattern at a particular column location in the file and it might have been at column position aprox 140. I used the following command findstr ^...........................................................pattern *.txt>testOutput.txt In my case there were serveral more periods (single charter wildcard) and I got the error message search string too long. Is there anyway with findstr to find a pattern at a unique location in a very long line when the pattern is closer to the end of the line? I find this to be a very interesting use of findstr and like your website. I recently ran into an issue/limitation with findstr that I did not know existed.

I was trying to find a pattern at a particular column location in the file and it might have been at column position aprox 140. I used the following command

findstr ^…………………………………………………..pattern *.txt>testOutput.txt

In my case there were serveral more periods (single charter wildcard) and I got the error message search string too long.

Is there anyway with findstr to find a pattern at a unique location in a very long line when the pattern is closer to the end of the line?

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