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Old 04-16-2011
command to find files
Hi folks,

What command/commands I have to run to find the files including their folder/subfolder which contain word-a, word-b etc.

e.g. I expect to find the names of the files including their folders which contain "domain", "subdomain/sub domain", "free domain". etc.

TIA

B.R.
satimis
# 2  
Old 04-16-2011
Code:
 ls -R | grep -E 'word-[ab]'

?
# 3  
Old 04-16-2011
Quote:
Originally Posted by ctsgnb
Code:
 ls -R | grep -E 'word-[ab]'

?
Hi,

Whether run;
Code:
$ ls -R | grep -E 'domain subdomain sub domain free domain' /path/to/database

TIA

B.R.
satimis
# 4  
Old 04-16-2011
Quote:
Originally Posted by satimis
I expect to find the names of the files including their folders which contain "domain", "subdomain/sub domain", "free domain". etc.
This should work,
Code:
find . -path "*domain*" 2> /dev/null

Will find files that do have 'domain' in the filename, and will find files that don't have 'domain' in the filename, but exist in a directory with 'domain' in the dirname.

You shouldn't need to search for "subdomain/sub domain", "free domain". etc. because the original search for 'domain' will find them all.
# 5  
Old 04-17-2011
In case the previous post is not right, my interpretation is:
Code:
find . -name "*domain*" -print

# 6  
Old 04-17-2011
Quote:
Originally Posted by methyl
In case the previous post is not right, my interpretation is:
Code:
find . -name "*domain*" -print

Hi,

I expect finding the files having "domain" in the content, not the filename. Thanks

B.R.
satimis
# 7  
Old 04-17-2011
Really needs an example.

This is what I think you mean (find the names of files which contain the string "domain" in the content).
Code:
find . -type f -exec grep -l "domain" {} \;

 
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