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Old 07-05-2013
[Solved] Grep within find command
Platform: AIX 6.1/ksh

Question1.
I want to grep for the string "CUSTOM_PKMS" in all the files in server except those files with extensions .dbf , .ctl and .dmp

I started running the following command but it is taking too long because there are lots of .dbf , .ctl and .dmp files in this server, some of .dbf and .dmp files being very large

Code:
find / -name "*"  -exec grep "CUSTOM_PKMS" '{}' \; 2>/dev/null

So, how can I skip files with extension .dbf , .ctl and .dmp for the above find command ?

Question2.
This string is more likely to be in a file without any extension
Example :
Code:
/var/log/messages

Is my above find command searching for files without extension as well ?
# 2  
Old 07-05-2013
The problem is it might even search in binaries (is it what you want?)
extensions .dbf , .ctl and .dmpare unwanted... but thos files are for a RDBMS no, Adn you know where they are... so its easier to no search in those file systems...
# 3  
Old 07-05-2013
So, any idea how I can skip the files with extension .dbf , .ctl and .dmp ?
# 4  
Old 07-05-2013
What are you looking for - for what purpose? Because if its a variable you want to see if set anywhere meaning you are looking for configuration files ( = ascii ) then avoiding binaries is wise... then if you have no reason to search in the RDBMS e.g. oracle files systems then, you dont search there also, if this variable is something system, then it must be in / or /usr meaning you have only 2 filesystem to parse and not that big if correctly written (search by filesystem...) because a find parsing from / everywhere on a big system can take quite some time and resource...
The more you give use information on what you are looking for (or/and why), more we can target the find you need...
# 5  
Old 07-05-2013
You can use unary NOT operator ! and AND operator -a
Code:
find / \( -name '*' -a ! -name '*.dbf' -a ! -name '*.ctl' -a ! -name '*.dmp' \) -type f -exec grep "CUSTOM_PKMS" '{}' +

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John K
# 6  
Old 07-05-2013
Being curious : How long did the execution last?....
# 7  
Old 07-05-2013
Thread closed since user refused to reply at asked question and got a one liner solution he wanted...
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