UNIX for Dummies Questions & Answers

Hello,

I am new to UNIX OS and I am planning to learn on how to use it since I was granted with the joy of being responsible of SCO UNIX on our network :-)

So, can someone please tell me how to search for a particular string on our UNIX box specifying a server name...???

For some reason when I try to launch the backup exec agent it tells me that it fails to communicate with a server for which it does not exist on the network, it has been retired.

I have modified the hosts file to point to the new server; but still the same thing. I also rebooted which that did not help...

Any thoughts??

try to look into the backup agent conf file, the hostname of the backup server could be specified in there.

or use grep

$ grep -r hostname *

try this....

echo `hostname`

Thank you for the replies; but there is nothing in the config file that represents the hostname

I also tried grep -r but that errors out. I can use grep but not sure how to use the command switches to search for the string...

Can you please guide me since I am a newbie to this stuff...

Your help is much appreciated.

Thanks!

OK,

I understand the part using GREP to search for particular strings in a file. Is there something out there where I can search within folders of files for string patterns?

Your help is appreciated!

Code:

find /path/to/top_folder  -name '*' -exec grep -l  'mypattern' {} \;

This will list the filenames that have the pattern you want to search for.
It will search all of the sub-folders. In UNIX they are usually called directories

Thank you all, I am all set!

Appreciate the help!