9.5 How do I use grep with Emacs?

The best way to use M-x grep with Emacs is to download a port of GNU grep. See Other useful ports.

If you want a quick solution without installing extra tools, a poor substitute that works for simple text searches is to specify the built in Windows command findstr as the command to run at the M-x grep prompt. Normally you will want to use the /n argument to findstr, to have it print the line numbers for each hit.

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