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I've lost my mind playing with find / locate / grep and I can't do it! I need help. I want to find all files/aps/php what ever, anything that isn't ...
  1. 11-18-2005 #1
    mcvegan
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    ENDLESS FRUSTRATION! "Find Files Containing Text WITHIN" does it exist?

    I've lost my mind playing with find / locate / grep and I can't do it! I need help.

    I want to find all files/aps/php what ever, anything that isn't a folder that contains the line 'lina' anywhere within the file/db/php. I want to search in a certain http folder, so that narrows it down.

    Can anyone help me?
    THANK YOU!!!
  2. 11-18-2005 #2
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    cd /directory_tree_you_want_to_search
    find . -type f -exec grep -l "string to find" {} \; -print
  3. 12-17-2008 #3
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    grep -Hr "string to find" <directory tree you want to search>
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