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select-string:tldr:8fd14
This command is a PowerShell cmdlet used to search for a specific text pattern within a file.
Here is a breakdown of the command:
-
Select-String
: This is the name of the cmdlet, which is used to search for a specific string or pattern in a text file. -
--Context ${2,3}
: This is an option that specifies the context of the search results. In this case, the context is set to 2 lines before and 3 lines after the matching line. The numbers inside the curly brackets represent the number of lines to include as context. -
"${search_pattern}"
: This is the search pattern enclosed in double quotes. It represents the text pattern you want to search for in the file. -
${path\to\file}
: This is the path to the file you want to search in. You need to replace${path\to\file}
with the actual file path.
So, when you run this command with the appropriate values populated, it will search for the specified search_pattern
within the given file and display the matching lines along with the specified context lines.