Windows 10, Emacs 25.1, Dired+
I want in Dired to find all files that contain text "UserOptions".
M-x find-grep-dired- In folder
ca UserOptions
And here result:
find exited abnormally with code 1 at Sat Dec 2 20:57:13 
1 Answer
You need to use cygwin's or msys find command. The error messages shown above seem to come from the windows find command that is incompatible with emacs.
See "Using grep' andfind' on MS Windows" on emacswiki.org
- I use package "xah-find".It's work fine without grep dependency.Alex– Alex2017-12-06 15:00:51 +00:00Commented Dec 6, 2017 at 15:00
findcommand that is issued in your Emacsis different from what I see using libraryfind-dired+.el. What I see is this:find . \( -type f -exec grep -q -e UserOptions \{\} \; \) -exec ls -ld \{\} \;. (I also don't have a problem with it, but that's likely because of what @p_wiersig's answer says.)