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Old 06-22-2005
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Simerian
find has a command option that allows you to run, for instance, a grep against each file it locates. This is sometimes very useful... You'll have to check the man page for the syntax.
Here is your answer

Code:
find . -name 'haystack' -exec grep 'needle' {} \; -print
The -print will display the corresponding haystack for each successful needle found.

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