search for string within a file under all directories from root

[johnmerlino]

Hey all,

I'm on ubuntu and using apache web server. Problem is when I run "locate httpd.conf", a ton of files come up. But I only want the conf file that contains the string "dev.site.com" So from the root I try running this:

grep dev.mysite.com httpd.conf

and it says no file httpd.conf and thats because there is no file in the immediate root directory called that. How can I search all directories from root for that file which contains the string specified.

thanks for response

[Irithori]

locate httpd.conf |xargs grep "dev.mysite.com"

But how come, you have so many of them and shouldnt they be in /etc/apache/ ?

[johnmerlino]

locate httpd.conf |xargs grep "dev.mysite.com"

But how come, you have so many of them and shouldnt they be in /etc/apache/ ?

thanks for response