TLDRBins TLDRBins / Find (Windows)

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Show hidden files

# Show hidden files in current directory
Get-ChildItem -Force

Sample Output:
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# Recusive
Get-ChildItem -Path '<PATH>' -Recurse -Force 2>$Null

Sample Output:
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Find a file

ls -path '<PATH>' -Filter '<FILE>' -recurse -erroraction silent

Sample Output:
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where /R '<PATH>' '<FILE>'

Sample Output:
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# Find files with wildcard
Get-ChildItem -Path '<PATH>' -Recurse -Force -Include '<PATTERN>' 2>$Null

Sample Output:
*Evil-WinRM* PS C:\programdata> Get-ChildItem -Path 'C:\' -Recurse -Force -Include 'flag.*' 2>$Null

    Directory: C:\Users\Administrator\Desktop

Mode                 LastWriteTime         Length Name
----                 -------------         ------ ----
-a----        10/27/2017   4:02 PM             24 flag.txt

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Find a file, with rules

dir /s /b /a:-d-h <PATH> | findstr /i /v '<STRING>'

Sample Output:
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+---------------------------------------+
|dir:                                   |
|/s      : include subfolders           |
|/b      : bare format                  |
|/a:-d-h : exclude directories or hidden|
|                                       |
|findstr:                               |
|/i          : case insensitive         |
|/v STRING   : exclude STRING           |
+---------------------------------------+

Sample Output:
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Find a string pattern

# Show with file name
Get-ChildItem -Recurse -Force | Select-String -Pattern "FLAG\{.*\}" -AllMatches 2>$Null

Sample Output:
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# Show only the value
Get-ChildItem -Recurse -Force | Select-String -Pattern "FLAG\{.*\}" -AllMatches 2>$Null | % { $_.Matches } | % { $_.Value }

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Find a command location

where.exe <COMMAND>

Sample Output:
PS C:\Program Files (x86)> where.exe sqlcmd
where.exe sqlcmd
C:\Program Files\Microsoft SQL Server\Client SDK\ODBC\130\Tools\Binn\SQLCMD.EXE