hi experts,
anyone knows how can i find a string in a multiple binary files in a multiple directories and display the file name containing the string?

i mean i have lots of folders with binary files and i am looking for specific string within one of these files i would like to know the right syntax to use for this kind of search, i know i should run strings or something similar.

OS Solaris 10 sparc

grep  $STRING $(find /root_path -type f)

for i in $(find /root_path - type f) ; do grep $STRING $i && echo $i;done

i used the first code and got

bash: /usr/bin/grep: Arg list too long

You are correct in noting that you need to use strings when looking for a string in a binary file. The grep utility is only defined to work on text files. This may not be highly efficient, but it should do what you want. First create the following shell script as a file named $HOME/bin/st_gr_pr :

#!/bin/ksh
# Usage: st_gr_pr pattern file...
pattern="$1"
shift
for f in "$@"
do      if [ $(strings -a -n ${#pattern} "$f" | grep -ic "$pattern" ) -gt 0 ]
        then    printf "%s\n" "$f"
        fi
done

chmod +x $HOME/bin/st_gr_pr

find . -type f -exec st_gr_pr 'srv6000' {} +

bash: /usr/bin/grep: Arg list too long

Solaris 10 may also have ggrep (i.e. GNU grep - depending on the actual Update of Solaris 10) under /usr/sfw/bin.

$ uname -rsv
SunOS 5.10 Generic_147441-01
$ cat /etc/release
                    Oracle Solaris 10 8/11 s10x_u10wos_17b X86
  Copyright (c) 1983, 2011, Oracle and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved.
                            Assembled 23 August 2011
$ /usr/sfw/bin/ggrep -a -l "GNU" /usr/sfw/bin/ggrep
/usr/sfw/bin/ggrep
$ /usr/sfw/bin/ggrep -a "GNU" /usr/sfw/bin/ggrep
%s (GNU grep) %s
$ /usr/sfw/bin/ggrep "GNU" /usr/sfw/bin/ggrep
Binary file /usr/sfw/bin/ggrep matches

works like a charm, perfect answer thanks mate..