Searching Files Using QGREP

To locate text within a file or group of files, use QGREP.EXE. The following line shows QGREP command-line syntax:

qgrep [-?BELOXlnzvxy] [-e string] [-f file] [-i file] [strings] [files]
 

-?

Print command-line syntax.

-B

Match pattern at beginning of line.

-E

Match pattern at end of line.

-L

Treat search strings literally.

-O

Print seek offset before each matching line.

-X

Treat search strings as regular expressions.

-l

Print only the filename if the file contains a match.

-n

Print line numbers before each matching line.

-z

Print matching lines in MSC error message format.

-v

Print only lines that do not contain a match.

-x

Print lines that match exactly.

-y

Treat upper- and lower-case as equivalent.

-e string

Treat the next argument as a literal search string.

-f file

Read search strings from file.

-i file

Read file list from file.

strings

The search string(s). White spaces separate search strings, unless the argument is prefixed with -e.

files

The file(s) to search, which can include wildcard characters (* and ?).

For example, the following command finds either arg1 or arg2 in FileName:

qgrep "arg1 arg2" FileName

The following command finds arg1 arg2 in FileName:

qgrep -e "arg1 arg2" FileName