findstr.exe

Associated Error Codes

Below lists error codes and symbolic names found for this module.

Code	Found in	Description
0x1	78.11011	%1: Bad command line
0x2	78.11011	%1: Out of memory
0x3	78.110	Searches for strings in files. FINDSTR [/B] [/E] [/L] [/R] [/S] [/I] [/X] [/V] [/N] [/M] [/O] [/P] [/F:file] [/C:string] [/G:file] [/D:dir list] [/A:color attributes] [/OFF[LINE]] strings [[drive:][path]filename[ ...]] /B Matches pattern if at the beginning of a line. /E Matches pattern if at the end of a line. /L Uses search strings literally. /R Uses search strings as regular expressions. /S Searches for matching files in the current directory and all subdirectories. /I Specifies that the search is not to be case-sensitive. /X Prints lines that match exactly. /V Prints only lines that do not contain a match. /N Prints the line number before each line that matches. /M Prints only the filename if a file contains a match. /O Prints character offset before each matching line. /P Skip files with non-printable characters. /OFF[LINE] Do not skip files with offline attribute set. /A:attr Specifies color attribute with two hex digits. See "color /?" /F:file Reads file list from the specified file(/ stands for console). /C:string Uses specified string as a literal search string. /G:file Gets search strings from the specified file(/ stands for console). /D:dir Search a semicolon delimited list of directories strings Text to be searched for. [drive:][path]filename Specifies a file or files to search. Use spaces to separate multiple search strings unless the argument is prefixed with /C. For example, 'FINDSTR "hello there" x.y' searches for "hello" or "there" in file x.y. 'FINDSTR /C:"hello there" x.y' searches for "hello there" in file x.y. Regular expression quick reference: . Wildcard: any character * Repeat: zero or more occurrences of previous character or class ^ Line position: beginning of line $ Line position: end of line [class] Character class: any one character in set [^class] Inverse class: any one character not in set [x-y] Range: any characters within the specified range \x Escape: literal use of metacharacter x \ Word position: end of word For full information on FINDSTR regular expressions refer to the online Command Reference.
0x4	78.11011	%1: Cannot open %2
0x5	78.11011	%1: Write error
0x6	78.11011	%1: %2 ignored
0x7	78.11011	%1: Cannot read strings from %2
0x8	78.11011	String count error: (%1 does not equal %2)
0x9	78.11011	%1: Cannot read file list from %2
0xa	78.11011	Too many string lists
0xb	78.11011	%1: Argument missing after /%2
0xc	78.11011	%1: No search strings
0xd	78.11011	%1: Read file failed. (Cannot create file mapping.)
0xe	78.11011	%1: Read file failed. (Cannot map view of file.)
0xf	78.11011	%1: Error reading file %2.
0x10	78.11011	%1: Search string too long.
0x11	78.11011	%1: Unable to get current directory.
0x12	78.11011	%1: Line %2 is too long.
0x13	78.11011	Specify only /L or /R.
0x14	78.11011	Unable to set locale.
0x15	78.11011	Too many /C:string specified.
0x16	78.11011	%1: Files with offline attribute were skipped. Use /OFFLINE for not skipping such files.
0x3	11	Searches for strings in files. FINDSTR [/B] [/E] [/L] [/R] [/S] [/I] [/X] [/V] [/N] [/M] [/O] [/P] [/F:file] [/C:string] [/G:file] [/D:dir list] [/A:color attributes] [/OFF[LINE]] strings [[drive:][path]filename[ ...]] /B Matches pattern if at the beginning of a line. /E Matches pattern if at the end of a line. /L Uses search strings literally. /R Uses search strings as regular expressions. /S Searches for matching files in the current directory and all subdirectories. /I Specifies that the search is not to be case-sensitive. /X Prints lines that match exactly. /V Prints only lines that do not contain a match. /N Prints the line number before each line that matches. /M Prints only the filename if a file contains a match. /O Prints character offset before each matching line. /P Skip files with non-printable characters. /OFF[LINE] Do not skip files with offline attribute set. /A:attr Specifies color attribute with two hex digits. See "color /?" /F:file Reads file list from the specified file(/ stands for console). /C:string Uses specified string as a literal search string. /G:file Gets search strings from the specified file(/ stands for console). /D:dir Search a semicolon delimited list of directories /Q:qflags Quiet mode flags: u Suppress warning about unsupported Unicode formats strings Text to be searched for. [drive:][path]filename Specifies a file or files to search. Use spaces to separate multiple search strings unless the argument is prefixed with /C. For example, 'FINDSTR "hello there" x.y' searches for "hello" or "there" in file x.y. 'FINDSTR /C:"hello there" x.y' searches for "hello there" in file x.y. Regular expression quick reference: . Wildcard: any character * Repeat: zero or more occurrences of previous character or class ^ Line position: beginning of line $ Line position: end of line [class] Character class: any one character in set [^class] Inverse class: any one character not in set [x-y] Range: any characters within the specified range \x Escape: literal use of metacharacter x \ Word position: end of word For full information on FINDSTR regular expressions refer to the online Command Reference.
0x17	11	%1: Warning - input file %2 is in Unicode format.
0x18	11	%1: Warning - input is in Unicode format.
0x19	11	%1: Error - invalid quiet mode flag.
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