output filename, not string with select-string

Question

I\'m using powershell to \"grep\" my source code for a particular string. If the string is in the file, I would like the name of the file, not the line of code that contains th

Answer 1

When I'm doing this I just use the -List parameter - yes it does display the line of code but you only get one line per file (no matter how many matches there are):

PS> Get-ChildItem . -r *.cs | Select-String XmlNode -list

Commands\SnapinHelp\CmdletInfo.cs:27:        public List InputTypes;
Commands\SnapinHelp\GetSnapinHelpCommand.cs:124:            WriteXmlNodeList(c...
Commands\SnapinHelp\ParameterInfo.cs:73:        XmlNode FindNode(XmlDocument doc)
Commands\Xml\XmlCommandBase.cs:65:            RegisterInputType(Proce...

If you want the path:

PS> Get-ChildItem . -r *.cs | Select-String XmlNode -list | 
    Format-Table Path

Path
--------
C:\Users\Keith\Pscx\Src\PscxSnapin\Commands\SnapinHelp\CmdletInfo.cs
C:\Users\Keith\Pscx\Src\PscxSnapin\Commands\SnapinHelp\GetSnapinHelpCommand.cs
C:\Users\Keith\Pscx\Src\PscxSnapin\Commands\SnapinHelp\ParameterInfo.cs
C:\Users\Keith\Pscx\Src\PscxSnapin\Commands\Xml\XmlCommandBase.cs

Or if you really only want the filename:

PS> Get-ChildItem . -r *.cs | Select-String XmlNode -list | 
    Format-Table Filename

Filename
--------
CmdletInfo.cs
GetSnapinHelpCommand.cs
ParameterInfo.cs
XmlCommandBase.cs