<s>
In	O
computing	O
,	O
is	O
a	O
command	B-Application
in	O
the	O
command-line	O
interpreters	O
(	O
shells	B-Operating_System
)	O
of	O
Microsoft	B-Application
Windows	I-Application
and	O
ReactOS	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
is	O
used	O
to	O
search	O
for	O
a	O
specific	O
text	O
string	O
in	O
computer	B-Operating_System
files	I-Operating_System
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
command	B-Application
sends	O
the	O
specified	O
lines	O
to	O
the	O
standard	O
output	O
device	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
is	O
similar	O
to	O
the	O
find	B-Application
command	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
However	O
,	O
while	O
the	O
find	B-Application
command	B-Application
supports	O
UTF-16	O
,	O
findstr	B-Algorithm
does	O
not	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
the	O
other	O
hand	O
,	O
findstr	B-Algorithm
supports	O
regular	B-Language
expressions	I-Language
,	O
which	O
find	B-Application
does	O
not	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
findstr	B-Algorithm
program	O
was	O
first	O
released	O
as	O
part	O
of	O
the	O
Windows	B-Application
2000	I-Application
Resource	O
Kit	O
under	O
the	O
name	O
qgrep	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
findstr	B-Algorithm
cannot	O
search	O
for	O
null	O
bytes	O
commonly	O
found	O
in	O
Unicode	O
computer	B-Operating_System
files	I-Operating_System
.	O
</s>
<s>
FINDSTR	B-Algorithm
flags	O
strings	O
 [ drive: ]  [ path ] filename [ ... ] 	O
</s>
<s>
/R	O
Uses	O
search	O
strings	O
as	O
regular	B-Language
expressions	I-Language
.	O
</s>
<s>
Following	O
command	B-Application
displays	O
the	O
detailed	O
help	O
about	O
this	O
command	B-Application
:	O
</s>
<s>
FINDSTR	B-Algorithm
/	O
?	O
</s>
