Why find.exe not work in Windows 7?

Question

My find.exe in Windows 7 can not find anything.

C:\topo\server\bin>echo "hello" | find "h"

C:\topo\server\bin>

I copied a find.exe from Windows XP, doesn't work too.

Interesting. I wish I could test this myself. Vista's search was broken for a while after its initial launch - maybe something similar happened with Win7? — boot13, Aug 17 '10 at 10:50

score 5 · Accepted Answer · answered Apr 01 '11 at 02:41

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Ok, I find the answer, because I set the code page of the cmd.exe to 65001(UTF-8), after I change back the code page , the find works ok.

So, It's another question, why find not work after change code page. I will ask it in another question.

answered Apr 01 '11 at 02:41

Zhongshu

score 1 · Answer 2 · edited Mar 20 '17 at 10:17

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Remember that Windows searches the current directory first. Is there a find program in C:\topo\server\bin?

Use the where command to find out which find command you're invoking.

If you have Cygwin or other unix/posix utility suite installed, remember that it contains a completely different find command.

edited Mar 20 '17 at 10:17

Community

answered Aug 17 '10 at 10:03

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