config-file-search

Search application config files

findstr /SIM /C:"password" *.txt *.ini *.cfg *.config *.mdb *.sql *.xml *.ccache

Manually searching the file system for credentials

cmd /c cd c:\Users\%USERNAME%\Documents & findstr /SI /M "password" *.xml *.ini *.txt

findstr /sj password  *.xml *.ini *.txt *.config *.ini *cred* *vnc* *.conf

findstr /spin "password" *.*

cmd /c dir /S /B *pass*.txt == *pass*.xml == *pass*.ini == *cred* == *vnc* == *.config*

where /R C:\ *.config

Searching file content with powershell

cmd /c select-string -Path C:\Users\%USERNAME%\Documents\*.txt -Pattern password

Get-ChildItem C:\ -Recurse -Include *.rdp, *.config, *.vnc, *.cred -ErrorAction  <space> Ignore

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