I have the URL of a svn repository located at a remote location. I want to search recursively for the presence of a string in one of the folders using findstr command. Is it possible or findstr is only to be used to search local folders ?
Yes, this is possible. Just use the recursive flag -R of svn ls. Then pipe the output to findstr.
Assuming you are looking for a directory named 'needle':
svn ls -R URL-OF-REPO | findstr needle