findstr a grep alternative for Windows

Mar 2025

Introduction

In Linux, you can filter the return from a command using grep, so if you typed in something that produces pages of responses, like lspci, you can then search using grep.
For example. In linux, using Kubernetes I can issue the following command:

kubectl -n mediakind get pods

The response will be:

NAME READY STATUS RESTARTS AGE
encoding-live-ui-connector-7fd56f5f49-nm8xw 1/1 Running 2 (76d ago) 76d
internal-pois-resiliency-54b7457b4b-mk8qh 1/1 Running 2 (76d ago) 76d
automation-proxy-primary-d59bd7d59-p2x4r 1/1 Running 2 (76d ago) 76d
stream-processor-simulcrypt-779bd9c84d-qjghj 1/1 Running 1 (76d ago) 76d
stream-processor-statmux-668475d9d8-n2b24 1/1 Running 1 (76d ago) 76d
encoding-live-config-d8d46bcc-s4pzf 1/1 Running 2 (76d ago) 76d
stream-processor-mux-68985b79cf-b8m8r 2/2 Running 2 (76d ago) 76d
mongo-operator-5876548666-2nx6v 1/1 Running 2 (76d ago) 76d
command-77d97549b6-gl5wv 1/1 Running 2 (76d ago) 76d
statistic-7f86d854dc-jx4c9 1/1 Running 2 (76d ago) 76d
kps-agent-operator-7ffc49bb56-bccz8 1/1 Running 2 (76d ago) 76d
stream-processor-asi-7d8b68d7b7-xbh92 1/1 Running 1 (76d ago) 76d
controller-metrics-exporter-55445c799b-cfhr7 1/1 Running 2 (76d ago) 76d
srt-worker-launcher-dcf66587-vg288 1/1 Running 1 (76d ago) 76d
ipmi-exporter-5b9bbcf8bd-r7868 1/1 Running 2 (76d ago) 76d
aquila-crpm-tools-5d9cf76b-28g5h 1/1 Running 1 (76d ago) 76d
automation-proxy-secondary-768fd9bc48-ldf9j 1/1 Running 2 (76d ago) 76d
stream-processor-ui-connector-847c9dcf6b-4js4p 1/1 Running 1 (76d ago) 76d
stream-processor-biss-ca-5b65ff775b-wd5g2 1/1 Running 1 (76d ago) 76d
live-sources-config-6f484978bb-9t66m 1/1 Running 2 (76d ago) 76d
alarm-legacy-56785c8649-7592l 2/2 Running 4 (76d ago) 76d
kps-prometheus-node-exporter-msvzd 1/1 Running 2 (76d ago) 76d
fluent-bit-6f974c7f5b-mk9k2 1/1 Running 2 (76d ago) 76d
api-gateway-559fc7bd7d-nlxbn 2/2 Running 2 (76d ago) 76d
encoding-live-worker-54cccbb-tbptk 1/1 Running 2 (76d ago) 76d
alertmanager-kps-alertmanager-0 2/2 Running 4 (76d ago) 76d
alarm-5d8898c89c-khzs8 3/3 Running 6 (76d ago) 76d
template-api-7486b595d8-cn55x 1/1 Running 2 (76d ago) 76d
server-monitor-66869c694-c2wwj 1/1 Running 1 (76d ago) 76d
server-daemon-6bffcf8df5-282kc 1/1 Running 2 (76d ago) 76d
etcd-controller1-0 1/1 Running 2 (76d ago) 76d
mongodb-replicaset-controller1-0 2/2 Running 4 (76d ago) 76d
redis-67b9f55655-645zm 1/1 Running 2 (76d ago) 76d
metrics-grafana-5ff6669d44-2gwlr 3/3 Running 6 (76d ago) 76d
prom-agent-kps-agent-prometheus-0 2/2 Running 4 (76d ago) 76d
kps-kube-state-metrics-55497f5b9f-4dwqp 1/1 Running 2 (76d ago) 76d
stream-processor-content-extraction-5ffc9cc565-s7hlw 1/1 Running 2 (76d ago) 76d
server-api-7795b4f985-bm8d8 1/1 Running 2 (76d ago) 76d
packaging-vod-ui-connector-5df89f46bb-pdv7m 1/1 Running 1 (76d ago) 76d
packaging-cleanup-agent-6d74fcf646-dmscp 1/1 Running 1 (76d ago) 76d
packaging-recorder-ui-connector-5668f86b-q5gd9 1/1 Running 1 (76d ago) 76d
packaging-dvr-auto-669bd74d86-wzvsp 1/1 Running 1 (76d ago) 76d
support-package-55f7645d79-q4gpq 2/2 Running 4 (76d ago) 76d
packaging-asset-recorder-94884c846-ncmjx 2/2 Running 2 (76d ago) 76d
rabbitmq-ha-controller1-0 1/1 Running 2 (76d ago) 76d
alarm-adapter-85bc8bcd66-xpc9b 1/1 Running 2 (76d ago) 76d
prometheus-kps-prometheus-0 2/2 Running 4 (76d ago) 76d
snmp-notification-96948bc45-gdlkm 1/1 Running 2 (76d ago) 76d
packaging-dynamic-ui-connector-b64986898-c9jn6 1/1 Running 1 (76d ago) 76d
unified-ui-c7554fb59-xc8g9 3/3 Running 6 (76d ago) 76d
packaging-config-d644cf946-gwf6h 1/1 Running 1 (76d ago) 76d
srt-config-5784dd8f46-2twbd 1/1 Running 1 (76d ago) 76d
alarm-proxy-54fdfbcf6b-28r28 1/1 Running 2 (76d ago) 76d
stream-processor-config-766fdb8c96-nb2nl 1/1 Running 1 (76d ago) 76d
esam-proxy-56d6d4689d-9gp5j 1/1 Running 2 (76d ago) 76d
service-api-dbc74c6fc-s9wln 2/2 Running 4 (76d ago) 76d
flow-5797b66959-82qms 1/1 Running 2 (76d ago) 76d
interface-discovery-99d6bcff9-2gsgl 1/1 Running 2 (76d ago) 76d
srt-ui-connector-6f6bdbd4c9-f2qtd 1/1 Running 1 (76d ago) 76d
packaging-dvr-recorder-7b65cf774b-tx972 3/3 Running 3 (76d ago) 76d
failover-api-745685c8d7-5872v 3/3 Running 6 (76d ago) 76d
packaging-origin-server-64b75c54ff-pd4wh 7/7 Running 7 (76d ago) 76d
license-manager-0 2/2 Running 5 (76d ago) 76d