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# 8  
Old 12-04-2008
Hi All,

Is there any mean to do this search?
Can someone give me a solution, with an example?

Great thanks
# 9  
Old 12-04-2008
This will give you a list of files that have matches

find /etc/ -type f -exec grep -l toto {} \;

that's the best I can do at the moment.
# 10  
Old 12-04-2008
Thanks seg,

But this command will make search on all files located under /etc/ directory, and my need is to exclude binary files.
So, is there a mean, in this command, to exclude binary files?

Regards
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