batch-file Escaping special characters FIND and FINDSTR Special Characters
Example
In find and findstr, there are some special characters that require some caution on it.
FIND
There is only one character that needs escaping - " quote. To escape it, simply add another quote next to it. So " becomes "". Pretty simple.
FINDSTR
Findstr comes with plenty of characters to escape, so please be very cautious. Using \, we can escape special characters. Here's a list of special characters to escape
| Character | Escaped Result |
|---|---|
| \ | \\ |
| [ | \[ |
| ] | \] |
| " | \" |
| . | \. |
| * | \* |
| ? | \? |
