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I was looking at this other question, but wasn't sure how to combine these queries together.

I started off with this, but it doesn't seem to work:

findstr /S /M "string A" *.vb | findstr /S /M /V "string B" > output.txt

For example, I want to get a list of files containing "string A" but NOT "string B".

I would like to use the Windows command line if possible or Windows PowerShell.

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  • I know that you have a pereference for cmd, but powershell is sitting right there on your machine from Windows7 on and can be installed for prior versions too. Since you expressed that preference though I will give this as a comment instead of an answer: ls .\*.vb | Select-String A | Select-Object path -unique | Where-Object{!(Select-String -InputObject $_ -Pattern B)}
    – EBGreen
    Commented Jun 18, 2018 at 15:30
  • @EBGreen I will change my question to also allow for PowerShell responses so you can post as an answer. I'm not getting any results, however. Does this search subfolders?
    – thecoolmacdude
    Commented Jun 18, 2018 at 15:43

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This should do it in powershell:

Get-ChildItem .\*.vb | Select-String A | Select-Object path -unique | Where-Object{!(Select-String -InputObject $_ -Pattern B)}

To include Sub-Folders:

Get-ChildItem .\*.vb -Recurse | Select-String A | Select-Object path -unique | Where-Object{!(Select-String -InputObject $_ -Pattern B)}

I'm not positive what makes your specific example different from my mock up, but using your specific search terms try this:

Get-ChildItem .\*.vb -Recurse | Select-String HttpDelete | Select-Object path -unique | Where-Object{!(Select-String -InputObject (Get-Content $_.Path) -Pattern securityEntityPermission)}
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  • This seems to find files containing the "A" string ok, but isn't also excluding files that contain the "B" string (if they contain the "A" string).
    – thecoolmacdude
    Commented Jun 18, 2018 at 16:12
  • Yeah, so I dummied up a test scenario with 6 files. Two had A in them but no B. Two had B in them but no A. Two had A and B in them. What I posted returned just the two with only A. What are you actually executing?
    – EBGreen
    Commented Jun 18, 2018 at 16:22
  • I'm running this from the directory I want to execute it on: Get-ChildItem .*.vb -Recurse | Select-String "HttpDelete" | Select-Object path -unique | Where- Object{!(Select-String -SimpleMatch -InputObject $_ -Pattern "securityEntityPermission" )} It still seems to be returning me files that have securityEntityPermission in the files themselves when I don't want these files to be returned. I tried using the application Agent Ransack, and was able to get the correct files, so I'm not sure why this isn't working.
    – thecoolmacdude
    Commented Jun 18, 2018 at 18:54
  • Check the edit.
    – EBGreen
    Commented Jun 18, 2018 at 19:10

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