Search command

[thcc2]

try it not being root, dont think it will returrn much

 find / -iname foo

Almost all the result that i get is "Permission denied"

thats what i thought would happen
could you not ask the admin to enter the root paaswd

He will not do this i think, due to security reasons, he worry that the user will scan through the system :P

[Cabhan]

Let's say that your PHP files are all stored in /home/user/php/ . To find the line that you're looking for, you could do:

find /home/user/php/ -iname '*.php' -exec grep -H 'TcpServer' '{}' \;

"What the hell is that?", you're asking.

Well, it basically looks for every file in the directory you gave it AND ALL SUBDIRECTORIES THEREOF, and then executes "grep -H 'TcpServer' FILENAME" on each one. It will print out the name of each file that contains your string.

There are the command that i had type and the error that i get

msg@send-connect:~/apache/htdocs/exc$ find  -iname '*.php' -exec grep -H 'TcpServer' '{}' find: missing argument to `-exec'

Your forgot the "\;" at the end of the command.

The full command is:

find /home/user/php -iname '*.php' -exec grep -H 'TcpServer' '{}' \;

[amf57]

I use the following command to search for files that contain certain words

grep "Due Mtg" *.php

but, i cant seach the sub directory
I have to go into the directory and type the command again.

is that any shorter way to do it?

grep -R "Due Mtg" .

grep recursively down the given directory (in this case . being the directory you are currently in) for "Due Mtg"

The . can easily be replaced with any directory including /
Of course -i ignores case if need be.

// tony

[thcc2]

I use the following command to search for files that contain certain words

grep "Due Mtg" *.php

but, i cant seach the sub directory
I have to go into the directory and type the command again.

is that any shorter way to do it?

grep -R "Due Mtg" .

grep recursively down the given directory (in this case . being the directory you are currently in) for "Due Mtg"

The . can easily be replaced with any directory including /
Of course -i ignores case if need be.

// tony

Thks, this is what i want