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Old 03-10-2011
Using find with a grep
SmilieHello, Im having trouble using the find and grep combined into one command. I have the following:

Code:
find filname* -mmin -60 grep "ERROR" filename

I want to find the "ERROR" text in any file created in the last hour in the current directory. I dont know how to end the command. If I leave off the last filename...it doesnt do anything.
Last edited by radoulov; 03-10-2011 at 12:43 PM.. Reason: Code tags, please!
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Old 03-10-2011
Code:
find <path> -type f -mmin -60 -exec grep ERROR {} +

If the file names contain a common pattern:

Code:
find <path> -type f -name '*pattern*' -mmin -60 -exec grep ERROR {} +

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Old 03-10-2011
from the current directory i can do the following with success:
find ediout* -mmin - 60
but when I add this command to a grep it doesnt work.
Do i need to include the "-type" and "f"?

---------- Post updated at 01:57 PM ---------- Previous update was at 11:56 AM ----------

This
find ediout* -mmin -60 -exec grep "ERROR" {} +
will only produce the text that it found in the file. How do I show the file that it found the text in?
# 4  
Old 03-10-2011
Try using grep -l:

Code:
find ediout* -mmin -60 -exec grep -l ERROR {} +

 
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