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Old 01-16-2008
Searching filenames containing certain text???
Suppose there are multiple files containing certain text "abc". How to print the name of all such files with a single command from unix prompt?

Thanks in advance
# 2  
Old 01-16-2008
Code:
grep -l abc *

# 3  
Old 01-16-2008
will this serve the purpose?
i expected if to use find, xargs and print combination ..... what say????

Quote:
Originally Posted by radoulov
Code:
grep -l abc *

# 4  
Old 01-16-2008
If want it recursive (with GNU grep):

Code:
grep -Rl abc *

# 5  
Old 01-16-2008
you can go to the folder and run the below one-liner which list out the files

grep -s "abc" * | cut -d : -f1 | uniq

-ilan

PS:editing my post; as it is a late commit Smilie
# 6  
Old 01-16-2008
Quote:
Originally Posted by radoulov
If want it recursive (with GNU grep):

Code:
grep -Rl abc *

The same is true for the AIX grep: "-R" is "recursive without following links", "-r" is "recursive including following links". This can be fine tuned by using the "-H" and the "-L" option together with -r/-R.

bakunin
# 7  
Old 01-16-2008
Code:
find /full/path -type f -exec grep -l "abc" "{}" \;

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