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Hey guys,

I would like to find all files which contain "client1.dat". I would like to search from the current directory and all subs and print out all the files that have this. Any help would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks much.

"which contain 'client1.dat'" what do you actually want?,.. show what directory (or subdirectory) contains a file client1.dat or what file in each dir or subdir contains the word "client1.dat"?

for print each client1.dat in dir or subdirs

#printername is your printername configured in your /etc/printcap file

for i in `find . -name "client1.dat" -print`; do lp -d printername $i; done

best regards!

tried the example and got an error. Do I need to set something up to use this?
error:
grep: illegal option --R
Usage: grep -hblcnsviw pattern file ....

i have re edited my answer, I recently noted that you want that each client1.dat on any dir or subdir may be printed, is that right?

For example,

I would like to find all files that contain "tim" in the current dir and sub dirs. Show the files on the screen.

that is what the -R option is for on grep (GNU) ,.. but anyway... you can do that like this as a script:

Code:

#!/bin/sh

for i in `find . -name "$1" -print`; do
   if grep $2 $i 2>&1 > /dev/null; then
      echo "$i"
   fi
done

so, you invoke from your shell like this (assuming its name is "xgrep")

./xgrep *.txt tim

or

./xgrep * tim


best regards!

The questions is answered about one a week on these forums. Please use the search functionality before posting.

But just this once I'll repost the answer.

Code:

find . -type f -exec grep -l "somesearchstring" {} /dev/null \;

or

Code:

find . -type f | xargs grep -l somesearchstring