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Old 01-30-2008
bobbygsk bobbygsk is offline
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To find a string in specific file :-
Quote:
grep <string to find> <filename>
To find a string in all the files in specific directory
Quote:
grep <string to find> *
To find a string in all the files in directories and sub directories.
Quote:
find . -type f -print | xargs grep <string to find>