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Old 08-23-2006
Find a name in a file...
I want to create a script that could find a certain text string (a name) in most files through an entire directory including the subfolders. Is that possible?


I am running this on Solaris 8, and if I have asked this in the wrong topic area, please let me know.

Thanks.
# 2  
Old 08-23-2006
Try this:
Code:
find . type f -exec basename {} \;

# 3  
Old 08-23-2006
Quote:
Originally Posted by kjbaumann
I want to create a script that could find a certain text string (a name) in most files through an entire directory including the subfolders. Is that possible?


I am running this on Solaris 8, and if I have asked this in the wrong topic area, please let me know.

Thanks.
Code:
find /dir/to/search -type f -exec grep "search string" {} /dev/null \;

# 4  
Old 08-23-2006
Yeah right, Vino's script does what OP has asked, I just rushed into reply without properly reading the query.
# 5  
Old 08-23-2006
Also

Code:
find /dir/to/search -type f | xargs grep "search string"

# 6  
Old 08-23-2006
Thanks all. Worked as needed.
# 7  
Old 08-23-2006
Quote:
Originally Posted by vino
Code:
find /dir/to/search -type f -exec grep "search string" {} /dev/null \;

What's the /dev/null bit for? I've used find a lot and not seen that before. What do you know that I don't? Smilie
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