Start of line “^” regular expression syntax not working for findstr in Windows?












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I want findstr to match strings from the beginning of the line (^). However, as can be seen from the following example, it doesn't work:



C:Usersbd6164>dir | findstr /R ^3

    22-11-2018  08:43    <DIR>          .

    22-11-2018  08:43    <DIR>          ..

    22-11-2018  07:58    <DIR>          3D Objects

                  16 Dir(s)  219.434.221.568 bytes free


I've also tested matching the end of line ($) and it works just fine.



What am I doing wrong?






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    I want findstr to match strings from the beginning of the line (^). However, as can be seen from the following example, it doesn't work:



    C:Usersbd6164>dir | findstr /R ^3
    
    22-11-2018  08:43    <DIR>          .
    
    22-11-2018  08:43    <DIR>          ..
    
    22-11-2018  07:58    <DIR>          3D Objects
    
                  16 Dir(s)  219.434.221.568 bytes free


    I've also tested matching the end of line ($) and it works just fine.



    What am I doing wrong?






    windows shell command-line command







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      I want findstr to match strings from the beginning of the line (^). However, as can be seen from the following example, it doesn't work:



      C:Usersbd6164>dir | findstr /R ^3
      
    22-11-2018  08:43    <DIR>          .
      
    22-11-2018  08:43    <DIR>          ..
      
    22-11-2018  07:58    <DIR>          3D Objects
      
                  16 Dir(s)  219.434.221.568 bytes free


      I've also tested matching the end of line ($) and it works just fine.



      What am I doing wrong?






      windows shell command-line command







      share|improve this question














      I want findstr to match strings from the beginning of the line (^). However, as can be seen from the following example, it doesn't work:



      C:Usersbd6164>dir | findstr /R ^3
      
    22-11-2018  08:43    <DIR>          .
      
    22-11-2018  08:43    <DIR>          ..
      
    22-11-2018  07:58    <DIR>          3D Objects
      
                  16 Dir(s)  219.434.221.568 bytes free


      I've also tested matching the end of line ($) and it works just fine.



      What am I doing wrong?






      windows shell command-line command




      windows shell command-line command






      share|improve this question













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