What is the "findstr.exe" ? Variant 17232446

Our database contains 44 different files for filename findstr.exe but this page contains information about single file with specific attributes. If you want to see general information about the findstr.exe then visit General Information Page . You can also check most distributed file variants with name findstr.exe. This file belongs to product Microsoft® Windows® Operating System and was developed by company Microsoft Corporation. This file has description Find String (QGREP) Utility. Agregate rating is 5(5) stars - based on 1 reviews.This is executable file. You can find it running in Task Manager as the process findstr.exe.

Product:: Microsoft® Windows® Operating System
Company:: Microsoft Corporation
Description:: Find String (QGREP) Utility
Version:: 6.2.9200.16384
MD5:: 5e5b960f1c41d4763cc6241727706095
SHA1:: 3544ed726202d07df1a06596b51be10248e5c39e
SHA256:: 6d027a8f9008839da4c2c98312a6b3b4803bff6f3cbe5d079c29170256f61696
Size:: 25600
Directory:: C:\Windows\System32
Operating System:: Windows 8
Occurence:: Medium

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Antivirus Name	Latest Toleration
Windows Defender	2016-02-14 18:03:47
avast! Antivirus	2016-01-20 21:32:11
Baidu Antivirus	2015-09-18 13:28:42
Kaspersky Internet Security	2014-11-29 11:50:59
ESET NOD32 Antivirus 7.0	2014-06-04 05:47:04
McAfee Anti-Virus y Anti-Spyware	2014-05-07 13:46:27
eScan Internet Security for SMB	2014-03-20 08:13:31
ESET Endpoint Security 5.0	2013-10-03 21:04:09
Avira Desktop	2013-08-25 21:40:08
ESET NOD32 Antivirus 6.0	2013-04-25 18:57:43

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SAFErating from user MikeOne (Variant: 17232446)
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

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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