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Top Forums Shell Programming and Scripting search files without a specific text Post 302335242 by risk_sly on Friday 17th of July 2009 08:10:42 PM
Old 07-17-2009
search files without a specific text

Hi all,

I need UNIX command that would give me all files without the string "4R" anywhere in the file. I have about a hundred files in my directory, and I need to list all files wihtout the string "4R" anywhere. Can anyone help me please? Thank you.l
 

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FAM_MONITOR_COLLECTION(3)						 1						 FAM_MONITOR_COLLECTION(3)

fam_monitor_collection - Monitor a collection of files in a directory for changes

SYNOPSIS
resource fam_monitor_collection (resource $fam, string $dirname, int $depth, string $mask) DESCRIPTION
Requests monitoring for a collection of files within a directory. A FAM event will be generated whenever the status of the files change. The possible event codes are described in detail in the constants part of this section. PARAMETERS
o $fam - A resource representing a connection to the FAM service returned by fam_open(3) o $dirname - Directory path to the monitored files o $depth - The maximum search $depth starting from this directory o $mask - A shell pattern $mask restricting the file names to look for RETURN VALUES
Returns a monitoring resource or FALSE on errors. SEE ALSO
fam_monitor_file(3), fam_monitor_directory(3), fam_cancel_monitor(3), fam_suspend_monitor(3), fam_resume_monitor(3). PHP Documentation Group FAM_MONITOR_COLLECTION(3)
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