Start of line “^” regular expression syntax not working for findstr in Windows?
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 ($) and it works just fine.
What am I doing wrong?
windows shell command-line command
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I want findstr to match strings from the beginning of the line (^). However, as can be seen from the following example, it doesn't work:
C:Usersbd6164>dir | findstr /R ^3
22-11-2018 08:43 <DIR> .
22-11-2018 08:43 <DIR> ..
22-11-2018 07:58 <DIR> 3D Objects
16 Dir(s) 219.434.221.568 bytes free
I've also tested matching the end of line ($) and it works just fine.
What am I doing wrong?
windows shell command-line command
asked Nov 22 '18 at 8:21
user111854user111854
338114
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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 ($) and it works just fine.
What am I doing wrong?
windows shell command-line command
asked Nov 22 '18 at 8:21
user111854user111854
338114
I want findstr to match strings from the beginning of the line (^). However, as can be seen from the following example, it doesn't work:
C:Usersbd6164>dir | findstr /R ^3
22-11-2018 08:43 <DIR> .
22-11-2018 08:43 <DIR> ..
22-11-2018 07:58 <DIR> 3D Objects
16 Dir(s) 219.434.221.568 bytes free
I've also tested matching the end of line ($) and it works just fine.
What am I doing wrong?
windows shell command-line command
windows shell command-line command
asked Nov 22 '18 at 8:21
user111854user111854
338114
asked Nov 22 '18 at 8:21
user111854user111854
338114
asked Nov 22 '18 at 8:21
user111854user111854
338114
asked Nov 22 '18 at 8:21
user111854user111854
338114
asked Nov 22 '18 at 8:21
user111854user111854
338114
338114
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