[olug] Unix Tip: FINDING A STRING

[Jeremy Bettis]

A more direct version of the same thing would be:

find . -type f -exec grep -H "string" {} \; 

Or if you don't want the lines, just the filenames

find . -type f -exec grep -q "strig" {} \; -print
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Jeremy Bettis, Software Development Manager
HKS Medical Information Systems, Inc.
jeremyb at hksys.com


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> FINDING A STRING
> 
> How to find a string somewhere on the system.  Many times we are
> called to search for a string, but we have no idea where it may
> be lurking.  Judicious use of the find and grep commands will
> make you a hero with your co-workers.
> 
> # find . -type f -exec grep "string or options" /dev/null {} \;
> 
> Normally using only:
> # find . -type f -exec grep "string/options" {} \;
> 
> Produces the target string, but you will have no clue as to where
> it is located, making this almost as frustrating as using windoze!
> Remember when grep'ing against multiple files the filename will be
> listed before the match.
> 
> $ grep there *
> foo:I found the target here
> bar:You are there
> 
> In our find command we use /dev/null as a file to search against,
since
> we know the search will always fail if the string is found in "{}"
there
> filename is printed.  To borrow from a famous quote:
> "Pretty tricky sis!"
> 
> This tip generously supported by: james_b_horwath at glic.com
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