fishsponge	Posted: Aug 1 2003, 08:10 AM
Administrator Group: Admin Posts: 679 Member No.: 1 Joined: 13-February 03	To find all files in a directory containing a string of text, you need the following command: CODE find . -type f | xargs grep string find = the find command. . = the directory you want to search in. -type f = the type of thing you want to search for (f=files) | xargs = pipe the output into xargs (see 'man xargs') grep = search for... string = the string of text you want to search for. Could also contain spaces, but remember to put it in "quotes".

foobar	Posted: Sep 23 2004, 03:01 AM
User Level: 2 Group: Members Posts: 15 Member No.: 505 Joined: 6-September 04	I'm usually just lazy and type: grep -r "whateverstring" /path/to/dir

Squiggle	Posted: Apr 5 2005, 08:07 AM
Newbie Group: Members Posts: 2 Member No.: 266 Joined: 26-April 04	Wow. I actually found this page from a google search. Small world and all that! :P

fishsponge	Posted: Apr 8 2005, 07:51 PM
Administrator Group: Admin Posts: 679 Member No.: 1 Joined: 13-February 03	a good site, you see! :D