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# 1  
Old 04-07-2007
How to find a string inside files

Hi,
I would like to know how to get a list of files that contain a specific string inside them.
Thanks
# 2  
Old 04-07-2007
Quote:
Originally Posted by yoavbe
Hi,
I would like to know how to get a list of files that contain a specific string inside them.
Thanks
if u know what is the string u r looking for,just mention it in ur ls command..

ls *ur string*
# 3  
Old 04-07-2007
I think that the OP wants to list the files (not file name) that contains a string.
That's a job for grep.

Code:
# grep 'string' /path/to/files/*

# 4  
Old 04-07-2007
all these tools can find 'strings' in your files
sed, awk, grep
# 5  
Old 04-08-2007
for recursive search do
Code:
grep -R yourstring /path/to/dir

if grep -R is not available, use
Code:
find /path/to/dir -type f -print -exec grep yourstring {} \;

# 6  
Old 04-08-2007
Quote:
Originally Posted by funksen
for recursive search do
grep -R yourstring /path/to/dir
if grep -R is not available, use
find /path/to/dir -type f -print -exec grep yourstring {} \;
Code:
find /path/to/dir -type f -print -exec grep -l  yourstring {} /dev/null \;

# 7  
Old 04-08-2007
Quote:
Originally Posted by reborg
Code:
find /path/to/dir -type f -print -exec grep -l  yourstring {} /dev/null \;

Code:
find /path/to/dir -type f -exec grep -l  yourstring {} \;


if you use grep -l you must use find without -print

whats the /dev/null for? do you mean 2>/dev/null??
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