Search command

[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?

[AndrewB]

as root

find / -iname foo

where / can be any dir

and foo is what you are searching for

[thcc2]

as root

find / -iname foo

where / can be any dir

and foo is what you are searching for

I dont have the root permission

[spencerf]

well then only seach in directories you have permission

for example

find /home/jack/ -iname foo

[thcc2]

well then only seach in directories you have permission

for example

find /home/jack/ -iname foo

but i dont know where the file is exist i cant get the expected result by typing the following command at the directory where i have permission

find / -iname "TcpServer"

[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.

[thcc2]

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'

[AndrewB]

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

 find / -iname foo

[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"

[AndrewB]

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