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Find

Find[stream,"text"] finds the first line in an input stream that contains the specified string.

Find[stream,{"text1","text2",…}] finds the first line that contains any of the specified strings.

Examples

(* Open a file and find a line *)
stream = OpenRead["data.txt"];
Find[stream, "error"]
Close[stream]

(* Find line containing any of several strings *)
stream = OpenRead["log.txt"];
Find[stream, {"warning", "error", "critical"}]
Close[stream]

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