Return previous line with Findstr

Question

I am running `FINDSTR` command to find specific text in .txt files. I want to print matching lines as well as 1 previous line. ``` findstr "ActualStartDate:" * > a.txt ``` if my file is like this ``` abcd defg cds ActualStartDate: invalid date ``` Result should be like this ``` cds ActualStartDate: invalid date ```

Accepted Answer

try this with grep for Windows:

```
grep -1 "ActualStartDate:" *.txt
```

output is eg.:

```
file.txt-cds
file.txt:ActualStartDate: invalid date
```

Return previous line with Findstr

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