Search for text in sub-folders

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_{Monday, April 8, 2019 5:50 PM}

How can I modify this code so that the command also runs in the subfolders?

Findstr  /s /i POPULAR *.* > results.txt

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_{Monday, April 8, 2019 5:56 PM}

This is not a script or a PowerShell script.  You are posting I n the wrong forum.  The command is a system utility command

To learn how to run any system command just add "/?" to the comma nd,.

FINDSTR /?

Read all of the help.

\(ツ)_/

_{Monday, April 8, 2019 5:58 PM}

You are already doing that. That's what the "/s" switch does.

C:\Windows\System32>findstr /?
Searches for strings in files.
FINDSTR [/B] [/E] [/L] [/R] [/S] [/I] [/X] [/V] [/N] [/M] [/O] [/P] [/F:file]
        [/C:string] [/G:file] [/D:dir list] [/A:color attributes] [/OFF[LINE]]
        strings [[drive:][path]filename[ ...]]
  /B         Matches pattern if at the beginning of a line.
  /E         Matches pattern if at the end of a line.
  /L         Uses search strings literally.
  /R         Uses search strings as regular expressions.
  /S         Searches for matching files in the current directory and all
             subdirectories.
  /I         Specifies that the search is not to be case-sensitive.
  /X         Prints lines that match exactly.
  /V         Prints only lines that do not contain a match.
  /N         Prints the line number before each line that matches.
  /M         Prints only the filename if a file contains a match.
  /O         Prints character offset before each matching line.
  /P         Skip files with non-printable characters.
  /OFF[LINE] Do not skip files with offline attribute set.
  /A:attr    Specifies color attribute with two hex digits. See "color /?"
  /F:file    Reads file list from the specified file(/ stands for console).
  /C:string  Uses specified string as a literal search string.
  /G:file    Gets search strings from the specified file(/ stands for console).
  /D:dir     Search a semicolon delimited list of directories
  strings    Text to be searched for.
  [drive:][path]filename
             Specifies a file or files to search.

_{Tuesday, April 9, 2019 9:33 AM}

Hi,

You may check the following official link:

FINDSTR

/en-us/windows-server/administration/windows-commands/findstr

To search every file in the current directory and all subdirectories that contained the word Windows, regardless of the letter case, type:

        findstr /s /i Windows *.*

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_{Friday, April 12, 2019 9:28 AM}

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