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  1. 10-10-2008 #1
    sipungora
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    Question Search for text file(s)

    Hi all,

    how can I find text files, where a sertain sentence occurs?

    Thanks beforehand,
    regards, sipungora
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    You can use the grep command as follows:
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    grep -r "string to find" /directory/to/look/in
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  3. 10-12-2008 #3
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    Thank you, danielsmw, very much.

    Would you like to say me how can I search in hide files?

    Thanks beforehand,
    Regards, buters
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