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Old 09-28-2010
How to find particular string in multiple files with in the current directory.
Hello friends,

Plz suggest the find command,
How to search a string in a paticular string in miltiple files with current dirctory.Smilie
Thanks in advance.
Siva Ranganath Ch
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Old 09-28-2010
What about using just grep?
Code:
grep -l string *

# 3  
Old 09-28-2010
this finds the name of a file with 'certain string' in it:
Code:
find /path/file/directory -exec grep -l  'certain string' {} \;

or
Code:
grep -l 'certain string'  *

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