Find Strings in Files

thepurple · #1 (**permalink**) 10-04-2008

experts,

i am using solaris 9. there are serveral *.log files in a directory "/var/alllogs/". Among the files one or several files contain the string "0198634873".

I want do-

cat *.log | grep "0198634873"; And want to see which Files(file_name) contain that string. Plus output will go to a file.

guys could you please help me how to write the script.

//purple

Habitual · #2 (**permalink**) 10-04-2008

grep 0198634873 /var/alllogs/

will show the hits.

jim mcnamara · #3 (**permalink**) 10-04-2008

grep -l will list the filenames without showing the matched lines, only matching filenames.

Code:

grep -l 'pattern to match goes here' /var/allogs/*.log

Bijayant Kumar · #4 (**permalink**) 10-04-2008

Quote:

Originally Posted by jim mcnamara

grep -l will list the filenames without showing the matched lines, only matching filenames.

Code:

grep -l 'pattern to match goes here' /var/allogs/*.log

And if you need output to the file at the same time then
grep -l 'pattern to match goes here' /var/allogs/*.log | tee output.txt

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