"find" is not recognized as an internal or external command, operating program, or batch file

Question

I am trying to install the Google Cloud SDK on my computer.

I changed the current directory to C:\google-cloud-sdk where the install.bat file is located.

I can not run the batch file from cmd, and it produces the following error when entering install.bat in cmd:

 'find' is not recognised as an internal or external command, operable program, batch file. 

Answer 1

It looks like the PATH environment is not defined correctly. It should contain a list of paths to the standard and installed software. Perhaps your batch file defines its own PATH value, which will violate the functionality.

Answer 2

I was able to solve this problem by adding C:\WINDOWS\system32; at the beginning of my PATH environment PATH .

Answer 3

The install.bat batch file uses the find , which does not seem to be located on your PC (or at least not in the directory in the path variable). Try opening a command prompt and enter find . If you get the same error, try the findstr command. If findstr works, replace the use of find in install.bat with findstr . You may also need to change the syntax of the command, please write here if this happens and you need help.