Start of line “^” regular expression syntax not working for findstr in Windows?












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I want findstr to match strings from the beginning of the line (^). However, as can be seen from the following example, it doesn't work:



C:Usersbd6164>dir | findstr /R ^3
22-11-2018 08:43 <DIR> .
22-11-2018 08:43 <DIR> ..
22-11-2018 07:58 <DIR> 3D Objects
16 Dir(s) 219.434.221.568 bytes free


I've also tested matching the end of line ($) and it works just fine.



What am I doing wrong?










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    I want findstr to match strings from the beginning of the line (^). However, as can be seen from the following example, it doesn't work:



    C:Usersbd6164>dir | findstr /R ^3
    22-11-2018 08:43 <DIR> .
    22-11-2018 08:43 <DIR> ..
    22-11-2018 07:58 <DIR> 3D Objects
    16 Dir(s) 219.434.221.568 bytes free


    I've also tested matching the end of line ($) and it works just fine.



    What am I doing wrong?










    share|improve this question

























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      I want findstr to match strings from the beginning of the line (^). However, as can be seen from the following example, it doesn't work:



      C:Usersbd6164>dir | findstr /R ^3
      22-11-2018 08:43 <DIR> .
      22-11-2018 08:43 <DIR> ..
      22-11-2018 07:58 <DIR> 3D Objects
      16 Dir(s) 219.434.221.568 bytes free


      I've also tested matching the end of line ($) and it works just fine.



      What am I doing wrong?










      share|improve this question














      I want findstr to match strings from the beginning of the line (^). However, as can be seen from the following example, it doesn't work:



      C:Usersbd6164>dir | findstr /R ^3
      22-11-2018 08:43 <DIR> .
      22-11-2018 08:43 <DIR> ..
      22-11-2018 07:58 <DIR> 3D Objects
      16 Dir(s) 219.434.221.568 bytes free


      I've also tested matching the end of line ($) and it works just fine.



      What am I doing wrong?







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