i K now this is PROBABLY really n00b, but i was wondering how to search for a word inside a .txt document, using the if command. so far i have:

@ECHO OFF
IF NOT adam==test.txt del "test.txt"
pause

it works if the document only CONTAINS the word adam. i was wondeing if you could help me in finding a command that searches for the word not just COMPARES it. yes i have tried using findstr like,


@ECHO OFF
IF NOT findstr adam command del "test.txt"
pause

:exclamationbut then it desnt workYou were close in your example; you should check ErrorLevel after your FindStr

@ECHO OFF
findstr adam command
IF ErrorLevel 1 del "test.txt"
pause

If the text is found, errorlevel is set to 0, otherwise it is greater than 0 - 1 means not found
Grahamoh ok, thanks. i didnt really understand errorlevel so i was trying to stay away from iti tried that but it didnt work, so i changed it a but and came up with this

@ECHO OFF
findstr /i /c:adam "test.txt"
IF ErrorLevel 1 del "test.txt"
pause

this one works, if you want the text to be case SENSITIVE you dont put the /i