I have a need to search for files containing 2 strings as in (AND operator). No one at my site seems to know if it is possible. There is only documentation for the "or' operator.

I know I can do a search, copy all the matched files into a temp directory & do the second search in the temp directory.

Thanks.

# search for 2 strings
grep "string1" /path/to/files/* | grep "string2"

or

find /path -name \*.lis -exec grep "string1" {} \; | grep "string2"

Or maybe....

awk '/string1/ && /string2/' files*

Jim Mcnamara

I tried your command but it works like the "OR" command. I got hits with either one match.

When I get a hit on a file, I need to see string1 & string2 contain in that file.

Kartheg.

Jim's command filters out lines where the string1 exists and then passes this text through another filter to find string2. The two greps are an AND. Post some sample text for review.

R u saying string1 & string2 should exist on the same line to get a hit ?. In my case string1 & string2 are on different lines. I only tried the first example.

Kartheg.