find command - UNIX for Dummies Questions & Answers

Jeannine · #1 10-26-2005

I need help with the find command. I want to find all files that contain 'SCHD'.
Can anyone help me?

thaduka · #2 10-26-2005

try this comand

find / -name "SCHD*" -type f -print

Jeannine · #3 10-26-2005

SCHD will not be in the name of the file. It will be in the contents. Is there any way to do this?

vertigo23 · #4 10-26-2005

find / -type f | xargs grep -l SCHD

vino · #5 10-26-2005

Quote:

Originally Posted by vertigo23

find / -type f | xargs grep -l SCHD

If you run into the problem of "Too many arguments", try this

find / -name '*.*' - exec grep 'SCHD' {} \; -print

vertigo23 · #6 10-26-2005

Or, if that's too slow or you run into "No such file or directory" errors, try this:

Code:

find / -type f | while read file; do
  grep -l SCHD "$file"
done

Jeannine · #7 10-26-2005

Thanks for all your help! I got the information that needed.

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