01-21-2004
Searching for text in files
Is there anyway that I can run a search of all files for matching strings(or even just a subset of all files) from the command line on Linux system? e.g check all files in the current directory that have 'cisco' in them........
find doesnt seem to be right as it only(well it appears to me anyway!) searches for files(true?)
Help me....... please??!!
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ha(1) HA archiver ha(1)
NAME
ha - a small file archiver utility
SYNOPSIS
ha <command>[<option><option>...] archive [ name ... ]
DESCRIPTION
After the program name comes a command name (single letter) and options (single letters, appended to the command name without a space).
COMMANDS
a[sdqemr012]
Add files matching search pattern to archive.
e[aqty]
Extract files matching search pattern from archive.
x[aqty]
Extract files matching search pattern from archive using path information stored in archive.
l[f] List files currently in archive.
d[q] Delete files matching search pattern from archive. If archive does not contain any files after deletion it is removed.
f[sdqemr012]
Freshen files in archive. All files matching search pattern and newer than version already in archive are updated to archive.
u[sdqemr012]
Update files to archive. All files matching search pattern that are newer than version already in archive or are not yet in archive
are updated to archive.
t[q] Test files in archive.
OPTIONS
0,1,2 Try compression method #. More than one can be specified.
Methods are:
0-CPY Simple copying of files.
1-ASC Default method using sliding window dictionary followed by arithmetic
coder. Offers quite good compression on wide variety of file types.
2-HSC Compression method based on finite context model and arithmetic
coder. Quite slow for binary data, but offers very good compression
especially for longer text files.
y Assume answer yes on all questions.
t Touch files when extracting. Sets file times to current machine time.
r Recurse through subdirectories while searching for files matching search pattern.
f Full listing of stored file information.
m Move files when archiving. Files are removed from disk after they are successfully written to archive.
a Set system specific file attributes when extracting files.
s Find special files when archiving.
e Do not store pathname information.
q Quiet operation.
d Make separate entries for directories. Saves information about empty directories, directory attributes etc. in archive.
AUTHOR
This manual page was written by Mikhail Gusarov <dottedmag@dottedmag.net> for Debian GNU/Linux system (but may be used by others).
ha 0.999p 3 Jul 2008 ha(1)