Windows recursive grep command-line

Question

I need to do a recursive grep in Windows, something like this in Unix/Linux:

grep -i 'string' `find . -print`

or the more-preferred method:

find . -print | xargs grep -i 'string'

I'm stuck with just cmd.exe, so I only have Windows built-in commands. I can't install Cygwin, or any 3rd party tools like UnxUtils on this server unfortunately. I'm not even sure I can install PowerShell. Any suggestions using only cmd.exe built-ins (Windows 2003 Server)?

Answer 1

I recommend a really great tool:

native unix utils:

• http://unxutils.sourceforge.net/
• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/UnxUtils

Just unpack them and put that folder into your PATH environment variable and voila! :)

Works like a charm, and there are much more then just grep ;)

Answer 2

Recursive search for import word inside src folder:

> findstr /s import .\src\*