Hi, I would like to do the following and I am totally lost right now: I have folder a) with lots of files I have folder b) which is empty I want to search all files in folder a) for a string "blablabla" and if string exists in file then copy the file to folder b) I would be glad for help here, since I am a bit lost. Thanks Claudio

@echo off setLocal EnableDelayedExpansion pushd d:\a for /f "tokens=*" %%F in ('dir /b/a-d') do ( type %%F | find "blablabla" > nul if not errorlevel 1 copy "%%F" d:\b ) popd ===================================== If at first you don't succeed, you're about average. M2

Hi there, thanks a lot! Well I am average, but I suceeded right away anyhow. :-))))Must be pure luck. Thanks again!! Claudio

Not luck, Mechanix is the man to go to when you need a batchfile! The other alternative is to open Windows Explorer, right click on the folder you wish to search, select "Search" from the drop down menu and when the search window opens, enter your search string in the "A word or phrase in the file:" box and click on "Search".