What is the "findstr.exe" ? Variant 12810552

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Product:: Microsoft® Windows® Operating System
Company:: Microsoft Corporation
Description:: Find String (QGREP) Utility
Version:: 6.2.9200.16384
MD5:: d1e3fa78904473a46b141d52412cb70f
SHA1:: 614096b70b87fef1e2347101b1247af099bee4bd
SHA256:: b0841f3c5a1f0ad79ab07e41c074410324d7942f194ed080324a39541090db03
Size:: 30208
Directory:: C:\Windows\System32
Operating System:: Windows 8
Occurence:: Low

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This file was checked and tolerated by following antivirus shields :

Antivirus Name	Latest Toleration
ESET Smart Security 8.0	2015-05-30 06:30:41
Windows Defender	2013-02-06 00:06:35
COMODO Antivirus	2012-12-24 17:53:21

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SAFErating from user MikeOne for file C:\Windows\System32\findstr.exe (Variant: 17313917)
This utility is a genuine MS Windows part - Find String (QGREP) Utility. Any user of unix-like operating system will be aware of the GREP utility, this executable is the representation of similar functionality for MS Windows. This command searches for patterns of text in files using regular expressions.
Syntax :
findstr [/b] [/e] [/l] [/r] [/s] [/i] [/x] [/v] [/n] [/m] [/o] [/p] [/offline] [/g:file] [/f:file] [/c:string] [/d:dirlist] [/a:ColorAttribute] [strings] [[Drive:][Path] FileName[...]]
Findstr is capable of finding the exact text you are looking for in any ASCII file or files. However, sometimes you have only part of the information that you want to match, or you want to find a wider range of information. In such cases, findstr has the powerful capability to search for patterns of text using regular expressions.
More information about this functionality can be found on http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/bb490907.aspx
SAFErating from user MikeOne for file C:\Windows\System32\findstr.exe (Variant: 2719161)
This utility is a genuine MS Windows part - Find String (QGREP) Utility. Any user of unix-like operating system will be aware of the GREP utility, this executable is the representation of similar functionality for MS Windows. This command searches for patterns of text in files using regular expressions.
Syntax
findstr [/b] [/e] [/l] [/r] [/s] [/i] [/x] [/v] [/n] [/m] [/o] [/p] [/offline] [/g:file] [/f:file] [/c:string] [/d:dirlist] [/a:ColorAttribute] [strings] [[Drive:][Path] FileName[...]]
Findstr is capable of finding the exact text you are looking for in any ASCII file or files. However, sometimes you have only part of the information that you want to match, or you want to find a wider range of information. In such cases, findstr has the powerful capability to search for patterns of text using regular expressions.
More information about this functionality can be found on http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/bb490907.aspx