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Converting the command 'ls | grep x' from linux to DOS

Would it be possible / how do you do the Linux command 

ls | grep x

Using Windows DOS?

Solution

  • It seem that only way to do that in DOS is to use dir + find. Latter only accepts filename (no pipes allowed), so you will need a termporary file:

    dir > A:\list.txt
find "CD" A:\list.txt

    It is also has very limited capabilities comparing with grep.

    Windows has more powerful tool findstr:

    dir | findstr CD